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

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if you can "work hard" to "overcome" ADD without medication, then it's most likely you probably weren't raised in such a way to learn how to focus yourself. it's almost impossible to "work hard" to "overcome" anything if you have real ADD.

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A couple issues I have with this line of thinking.

One, it tends to dismiss the notion of the possibility of varying degrees of ADD. Kinda like either you have the flu or you don't, or you have a broken leg or you don't. I don't think it's quite that simple.

Two, I find it hard to believe that NorCalJosh or anyone else's apparent inability to focus can attributed to how they were or weren't raised.

Now, maybe we can say that what these people have isn't ADD but I believe there is something they experience that is different than what the majority of the population experiences. And while some of it may be attributable to mtv culture and/or diet, it does seem that some people experience these hurdles to a greater degree than most.

Of course it is a whole lot easier to blame laziness or willpower rather than accept the notion that maybe some people's brains work a little differently which may make it difficult to cope with the 'real world' to varying degrees.