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What percentage of people with ADD have an attention deficit as a side-effect of being perpetually focused, as opposed to having difficulty achieving focus?

  • The popular conception of ADD is that they have great difficulty focusing on anything at all for any length of time. Is this really just a misconception? Some who have been diagnosed with ADD say that they are in fact perpetually focused, just not focused on what the people around them want them to focus on. For example: What fraction of people with ADD diagnosis fall into each of those two categories? For extra credit: Are there really two completely different underlying conditions, that are mistakenly being lumped together as ADD?

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    It's a fascinating question. Let me see what I can find. I need to do think about this.

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People with ADD can focus on a given task, provided there are no windows in the room.  But seriously, even the ADD mind can be trained to focus when the disorder is not too severe. I have met people whose ADD is totally out of control, some of these people are also hyperkinetic. Like human ping pong balls. If you are a sufferer, such things as windows, radio or music of any kind, internet, even television and telephones should be removed from the work space. I do not believe that there are two conditions here, but rather there is a spectrum of disorder.  I also believe that properly harnessed ADD can be advantageous in many situations. Check out meerkats sometime.

Chris Brown

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