Self Diagnosis Talk: Raise your had if you've got ADD or Dyslexia

[durron597]

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I do think that it is most often used as a crutch and the diagnosis is abused but I most certainly believe that it is real.

I don't have it but my father was actually diagnosed with ADD at the age of 40. He is an extremely successful businessman, driven, and from the outside looking in you can't see anything but focus, order, and attention to detail. He is his own accountant, secretary, etc. and runs one of the most successful building corporations in Dallas in which he started from the ground level.

When you walk into his office you will see that he has a formula that he never steers away from. He does this b/c when he was in his twenties he was struggling to make it b/c he was disorganized, and his mind would wander so easily to the things that interested him instead of doing work. Most people keep things organized but he does it to where it is almost creepy but he has to or he will fail.

Some of his friends told him a few years back that he may be ADD and to take some tests to check it out. Turns out he was. He believes that he hasn't needed medicine b/c of how healthy he is, he is a fitness freak and with the combination of his diet and figuring out methods to combat his bad habits (which really was his ADD all his life) are what made him successful...no crutches or excuses.

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i'm quoting tdarko here even though i'm replying to NorCalJosh because I think tdarko is answering my own confusion. Those people I know who have ADD have never managed to organize their lives in a way such that they can function healthily without medication. I suppose that comes from dealing mostly with children with ADD and only in a very small number of cases dealing with adult ADD - and even then I'm talking at the oldest middle twenties.

I stand corrected. Maybe it is possible to organize your life to such a point where you can deal with this stuff without medication, but I haven't seen it personally yet.