When You Think You Have Add


by Tellman H. Knudson - Date: 2007-04-06 - Word Count: 587 Share This!

It's only been about 20 years since the medical community changed their thinking on ADD. Yet, many doctors still hold the belief that ADD disappears once people grow up.

Adults with attention deficit know differently. Though many learn to control their symptoms as adults, for others, it's impossible, and they continue to struggle with short attention spans for anything outside their sphere of interest and other symptoms related to attention deficit.

However, you may think you have attention deficit, when you really only have ADD tendencies. Take a test online to see if you might have attention deficit, and then, consider these two things:

First, are the symptoms so severe that they have disrupted your life? Second, have they lasted for more than six months? If you don't have all the symptoms of ADD or if the two qualifiers don't apply to you, then you probably have only ADD tendencies. But whether you have full-blown attention deficit or only tendencies of ADD, don't let it stop you!

Diagnosis can be a great relief to some, while other people become depressed. You're looking at ADD the wrong way! I like to see ADD as a blessing. People with attention deficit are usually highly intelligent, and can do things they love to do at the speed of sound. Don't look at it as a "disease" or a "disorder." You might like to know that part of the medical community actually see ADD as the next evolution of the human brain. We're just accommodating the way the 21st Century evolves--at the speed of light.

But we still live as a minority in a world of linear-thinking people. They don't really understand the way we think. Their brains go down straight pathways, whereas ours like to stop off along the way and sniff the flowers. Yet, we still have to learn how to adapt to fit into their world. How can we do it?

Attention deficit coaching is a great way to find out what your ADD strengths are and to work with those. A good coach can help you to find a job that fits your personality, to be more organized, or to find a compatible partner. Coaching is often a better solution than medication, but you'll have to discuss this with your family doctor.

If you are working with a coach, he or she might help you to get your house organized, for instance, to set up some ADD-friendly systems that will help you to do what's needed. Simple suggestions like having places you can just toss things so you'll remember where they are when you need them becomes simple for you with the right coach. They'll make sure that you find your car keys every single day, without effort!

Whether you use coaching or medication or a combination of both to help you with attention deficit, probably nothing will help more than a good support group. You can find them offline and online, too. But the biggest thing is that you're able to communicate with people going through the same frustrations as you are. They have lost their keys a million times, too. You'll learn more from other people who have attention deficit themselves than anyone else.

Remember to think of ADD as a blessing, and not as a curse. If you recently learned that you have adult attention deficit, try to see it in a positive light. The sooner you do, the sooner you'll b able to rise to your full potential. See ADD as a joy and you'll make much faster progress.


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Tellman Knudson, certified Hypnotherapist and NLP practitioner, is CEO of Overcome Everything, Inc. Do you have adult ADD? Find out at http://instantaddsuccess.com Your Article Search Directory : Find in Articles

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