Is anyone as distracted as me while working?

[Hell Puppy]

ADD'rs are drawn to the internet like moth to flame....

Anyone who is a heavy multitasker likely has it to one degree or another. It's all about how you manage it and deal with it. It CAN work for you as long as you can manage to complete tasks.

I can hit deadlines, but I drive people crazy with my methods. If I have something I have to get done today that'll only take an hour, I'll take all day to do it because I'll do it 5 minutes at a time inbetween other things.

If I need to do something that really requires concentration like programming, I'll submerge completely to eliminate distractions. And I get really ornery if interrupted.

[Jace]

Originally Posted by Hell Puppy

ADD'rs are drawn to the internet like moth to flame....

Anyone who is a heavy multitasker likely has it to one degree or another. It's all about how you manage it and deal with it. It CAN work for you as long as you can manage to complete tasks.

I can hit deadlines, but I drive people crazy with my methods. If I have something I have to get done today that'll only take an hour, I'll take all day to do it because I'll do it 5 minutes at a time inbetween other things.

If I need to do something that really requires concentration like programming, I'll submerge completely to eliminate distractions. And I get really ornery if interrupted.

yeah, that is what people have fed your brain for years, when in fact having true ADD or ADHD is pretty rare...as many as 4/10 kids are diagnosed with it, when in reality only 1/20 truely have it. Whlie you think that computer are a great ADD career, every case of ADD is different, and while one person may get totally submerged in their work on the computer, the next person with ADD will not,and will hate working on the comptuer and being as submerged as the next person.

People that have a over stimulated brain are often told they have ADD or ADHD, when in reality it is just a faster thinking process or a different way of thinking than the "norm"

I have spent years and years being diagosed and talking with so called "professionals" about ADD and ADHD, and 3/4 of what you read is bogus, and sadly enough, a lot of it was brought on by the pharms industry

as for everyone who is a multitasker having it to one degree or another, not true at all, and that statement right there is a HUGE problem we are facing inthe school systems today. Teachers immediately want to shuffle the kids off that think faster or can't do one single project at once, and label them as "ADD" or "ADHD" and that is horrible way to think and a horrible thing to do.

did you know one of the main differences between a bipolar 1 person and a ADHD person? the bipolar person has insomnia and the ADHD sleep regularly....now think about that long and hard...real long and hard...what is one of the main symptoms of a bipolar person? MANIC episodes...now what do you think a manic episode wouild look like to a teacher who can't control a child? well, most likely ADD to an idiot teacher who wanted peace. ADD is the most diagnosed "disorder" among our children...fucking nuts huh?

I have some very strong views about ADD and ADHD, I have done years of my own research on the subject, mostly because I was wrongly diagnosed with ADHD when I was 11, and it screwed me up. I have pondered a class action lawsuit against the makers of Ritalin for years now because of my tick, and while I was pondering it, I came across others also pondering it.

sorry to ramble, but I grew up thinking that i was fucked up and that I wasn't ever going to get better unless I popped a pill every day....I don't take any pills now, I am driven and motivated, and I love my life....aside from my manic bipolar episodes, I live pretty nicely for a hopeless idiot

again, sorry to go off, but this topic gets me more heated that politics and religion combined....even though I don't have it, ADD ruined part of my life

[Mike AI]

Originally Posted by Jace

yeah, that is what people have fed your brain for years, when in fact having true ADD or ADHD is pretty rare...as many as 4/10 kids are diagnosed with it, when in reality only 1/20 truely have it. Whlie you think that computer are a great ADD career, every case of ADD is different, and while one person may get totally submerged in their work on the computer, the next person with ADD will not,and will hate working on the comptuer and being as submerged as the next person.

People that have a over stimulated brain are often told they have ADD or ADHD, when in reality it is just a faster thinking process or a different way of thinking than the "norm"

I have spent years and years being diagosed and talking with so called "professionals" about ADD and ADHD, and 3/4 of what you read is bogus, and sadly enough, a lot of it was brought on by the pharms industry

as for everyone who is a multitasker having it to one degree or another, not true at all, and that statement right there is a HUGE problem we are facing inthe school systems today. Teachers immediately want to shuffle the kids off that think faster or can't do one single project at once, and label them as "ADD" or "ADHD" and that is horrible way to think and a horrible thing to do.

did you know one of the main differences between a bipolar 1 person and a ADHD person? the bipolar person has insomnia and the ADHD sleep regularly....now think about that long and hard...real long and hard...what is one of the main symptoms of a bipolar person? MANIC episodes...now what do you think a manic episode wouild look like to a teacher who can't control a child? well, most likely ADD to an idiot teacher who wanted peace. ADD is the most diagnosed "disorder" among our children...fucking nuts huh?

I have some very strong views about ADD and ADHD, I have done years of my own research on the subject, mostly because I was wrongly diagnosed with ADHD when I was 11, and it screwed me up. I have pondered a class action lawsuit against the makers of Ritalin for years now because of my tick, and while I was pondering it, I came across others also pondering it.

sorry to ramble, but I grew up thinking that i was fucked up and that I wasn't ever going to get better unless I popped a pill every day....I don't take any pills now, I am driven and motivated, and I love my life....aside from my manic bipolar episodes, I live pretty nicely for a hopeless idiot

again, sorry to go off, but this topic gets me more heated that politics and religion combined....even though I don't have it, ADD ruined part of my life

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