Adhd 2.0
It is important to keep true ADD separate from pseudo-ADD for the diagnosis to retain any serious meaning. If everybody who gets distracted or feels hurried or gets easily bored is diagnosed with ADD, then the diagnosis will signify nothing more than a passing fad.
Edward M. Hallowell • Driven to Distraction (Revised): Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder
A third element that favors creativity among people with ADD is an often-overlooked capacity they have. This is the ability to intensely focus or hyperfocus at times. As mentioned earlier, the term “attention deficit” is a misnomer. It is a matter of attention inconsistency. While it is true that the ADD mind wanders when not engaged, it is also th
... See moreEdward M. Hallowell • Driven to Distraction (Revised): Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder
One way to understand ADD neurologically is as a lack of inhibition, a chronic underactivity of the prefrontal cortex. The cerebral cortex in the frontal lobe is not able to perform its job of prioritizing, selection and inhibition.
Gabor Maté • Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder
In people with this subtype of ADD the distractibility that is part of the syndrome interferes with the process of apprehending pleasure, of perceiving order, and of sensing that life can be all right.