Comments | dawnd: ADD issues: "Can't focus, but not distracted" (my response)

dawnd

ADD issues: "Can't focus, but not distracted" (my response)

Apr 01, 2012 13:36

http://connect.additudemag.com/groups/topic/3458/

Those who have said you were daydreaming, are right. Through listening to the presentation team after my daughter’s AD(H)D evaluation, I have come to understand that ADD brains are often functionally asleep-their brain ( Read more... )

add, allegra, akien

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houseboatonstyx April 1 2012, 21:08:30 UTC

Could I try it?

houseboatonstyx at gmail

dawnd April 1 2012, 21:37:19 UTC

I've poked at my husband again about getting this accomplished so we can spread it about. You can contact him directly: akienm

archanglrobriel April 2 2012, 16:03:14 UTC

I was just reading my book about creativity when I stumbled onto this passage and immediately thought "Oooh, I'll bet dawnD would love to hear about this! So here it is ( ... )

dawnd April 2 2012, 19:01:50 UTC

Interesting, yes! (Thanks for the link and the book recommendations!) And not really surprising. :) That's one of the reasons that it's great to work with the brain as much as possible, so you're not "blocking out distractions" but instead helping the brain to "focus in on" the task at hand. The alternative paths are then still THERE, just not quite so "ooh shiny" as before. You're right that a "clenched mind" is not a good state for any sort of creative thought ( ... )

brava! ext_1141427 April 4 2012, 05:07:26 UTC

i need this MP3 thingie NOW! i need this yesterday! needed it 4 decades ago! i'm "adult" ADD/ADHD, don't need no steenkin' doctor diagnosis, 'cause i know what's killin' me...(?) ADD is a sometimes mis-appropriated cycle of survival reactions ( ... )

Re: brava! dawnd April 4 2012, 19:34:08 UTC

Spoke with the hubby about getting the recording out. He's still working on it, but there are possibly some issues with his having used a proprietary piece of equipment to produce the audio. He wants to make sure that whatever he puts out is actually HIS (so no one can sue him/us), and also that the company that makes that equipment doesn't swipe the whole idea. :)

p.s. existentially speaking, A.D.D. holds some messages ..."everything is awesome/nothing is awesome" ,,,, everything is essential/ everything is useless".
from a maybe buddhist meditator perspective, everyone has A.D.D...! what else is new?
A:nothing.
B: everything
C: all of the above

Yes!

And agreed, school as we conceive of it is not well suited to the ADDers. Frustrating, but true. :)

dryadgrl April 21 2012, 02:14:29 UTC

That is really cool. It's so great to watch you parent!

dawnd April 21 2012, 02:19:58 UTC

Thanks! Most of the time, I feel I do pretty well. She's really an amazing kid. I'm super lucky to have her.