Living With Adult ADHD

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Charlie Girl.................Thread Started on Feb 19, 2006, 12:17am

www.anxiety-and-depression-solutions.com/articles/adultadhd.htm

Adult ADHD can really make things harder on you. You want to pay attention but you can’t. As an adult there is much embarrassment associated with having what is sometimes considered to be a “child’s disorder.” ADHD is nothing to be ashamed of as long as you can learn to control it. The first thing you should know is that you are not the only one. Not only that but you are actually in good company. Here are some others that have dealt with ADHD:

Vincent van Gogh Alexander Graham Bell
Michael Jordan Ernest Hemingway
Jules Verne Woodrow Wilson
Abraham Lincoln Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Orville Wright Wilber Wright
Beethoven Sir Isaac Newton
Babe Ruth Thomas Edison
Henry Ford Albert Einstein
These names were collected from various sources as people either diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder or people who very strongly displayed signs of Attention Deficit Disorder.

So what does that have to do with you?


annem..............Reply #1 on Feb 19, 2006, 12:24pm

This is a good article Charlie Girl !! ... and to add another couple of names:

Winston Churchill
Walt Disney

There are and have been some amazing adhd adults out there!! ..

I am in the UK and one of our BIGGEST business successes is a company called "Virgin" ... they deal in everything - airlines, credit cards, phone lines ... you name it!! ... It is HUUUUGE and phenomenally successful ... it was all started and is still run by a guy called RICHARD BRANSON ... and guess what? He is adhd through and through!! #33fantastic#


cynthiatweedle....................Reply #2 on Feb 19, 2006, 1:12pm

Great article, Charlie Girl!

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that is cool to point out the positives of adhd and the people that live with it and are successful!!!

I think adhd people are pretty good people for a lot of reasons, the best being that they seem to me to be deeper feeling people and more compassionate than the normies. This could be adouble edged sword though when you are talking about some of us adhd'ers that have to try to fit in and hide our adhd selves to make the general public feel good about our abilities in leadership roles!!!

IT has been hard on me as an adult to maintain respect in the field i am in - i do it and i do it well and the people who work for me have trust and faith in me. The political part of my job - i have gained trust and through that process changed some things for the better. Here is the trick - you have to be a leader in something you are really good at and compassionate about and in a field where your characteristics are accepted. My aggresiveness and loud mannerisms are accepted in my field cause fire people are considered the type "A" people and it is expected that we act like asses somtimes.

So what am i getting at? The fact that the hiding and posing take its toll in the personal side of things - seems to me i have sacrificed some personal relationships and made some impulsive personal choices so my adhd brain could do its thing!!!

It is like all the energy that is harnessed during working hours explodes in non working hours and some forms of risk taking?