<story><title>What is ADD?</title><url>http://adrusi.com/what-is-add/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>JohnBooty</author><text>Very close to my own experiences.&lt;p&gt;ADD is like a television with excellent reception - only problem is, you don&amp;#x27;t get to choose which channel it&amp;#x27;s tuned into. :)&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;     &amp;quot;Had I been diagnosed 30 years ago...&amp;quot;
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The goddamn name itself is painfully misleading. It&amp;#x27;s probably why I or my parents and teachers never even considered it until I was diagnosed in my 30s. &amp;quot;Attention deficit disorder&amp;quot; sounds like a disorder where you &lt;i&gt;can&amp;#x27;t pay attention,&lt;/i&gt; not a disorder where you &lt;i&gt;pay attention very well, just not to things of your choosing.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;The misleading name is also probably part of the reason why some people question ADD&amp;#x27;s existence: they don&amp;#x27;t even understand what it is. They see kids with ADD focusing on video games or whatever and say: &amp;quot;See, they can pay attention!&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;I have one problem with the article: not everybody experiences ADD exactly the same way. There are recognized subtypes such as predominately inattentive ADD, etc.</text></comment>
<story><title>What is ADD?</title><url>http://adrusi.com/what-is-add/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>BillyParadise</author><text>Good article.  I was diagnosed as an adult, and now have coping strategies (including some stimulants for days when I really need to get shit done).  Had I been diagnosed 30 years ago, oh the things I could have done.&lt;p&gt;The worst? My mother was a teacher.  You&amp;#x27;d think she would have caught it.&lt;p&gt;Task switching is really my biggest issue.  Once I get in hyperfocus mode on something, a) I really hate getting interrupted, probably because b) getting back focused again is all but impossible.</text></comment>