Coping with ADD

[kyleb]

I was "officially" diagnosed with ADD with a lot of the symptoms matching up with mine: Inability to keep things clean, unable to prioritize tasks, procrastination, wandering mind, blah blah blah.

We all deal with problems of some sort. I don't see these are being symptoms of a mental/psychological "mis-wiring." I dropped out of college because I'm an idiot and didn't dedicate myself, not because I have ADD.

It really pisses me off that some people choose to hide behind the diagnosis. Everyone deals with someone that is as bad or worse.

To add something constructive, I second keikiwai's idea of listening to music or doing something that will help you stay on track. Having something rote or superstitious can aid you - I listen to the same 10 songs when I'm programming, the same 10 songs when I'm doing task X, etc.