It helps to look at some positives once in a while

High five!!!! =)

Thanks.

Thank you donttread. Today is day one of finally getting over the fact that I have it. I'm literally cried this morning and said ok I'm going to get help. Then I see your message and thought, well hell I do have 3 jobs and have the energy of a 10 year old. Thanks

I work 2-3 contracts a day 7 days a week and LOVE it

Great news congratulations to you guys.

I'm glad other adults with ADD see that it does have benefits. I am assuming you are not taking any meds. I find 5HTP helps slow my brain down.

I am a multi-tasker and it drives others nuts as I am go go go and do do do. I have always been more creative and free thinker then others as well, But, I talk too much...lol

Having Adult ADD is definitely a blessing just as much as it is a curse. I am grateful for my quirky mind and personality. I am looking for a supplement that helps with ADD. I saw someone posted about 5HTP, so I may look into that. Anyway, congrats on all the awesome stuff you're accomplishing! :)

I'm very puzzled. I'm happy for you that whatever you do is working for you, but my ADHD problems are difficulty to focus (very distractable); difficulty to get going (i.e. start something); very poor organisational ability; difficulty to prioritise; poor listening skills (I zoom out often); and restlessness. Of these I can only describe the restlessness as positive, as it means I am never doing nothing - I always have a book and/or knitting to keep me busy. (Although that is not necessarily the best use of my time.) Do these other things not affect you or have you found some other way of dealing with them? I couldn't live without Ritalin. Well, I could - I did for years - but the cost was tremendous. (And BTW, I didn't know I was ADHD all those years.)

When you are productive doing multiple things, that's great. ADD occurs when it is not productive and the attempt to do a number of things generally means that none of them are done right.

I ADORE THIS POST!
It's all very "new" to me, and in counseling now, she's working on getting me to embrace this as part of my personality, and I'm not on meds, and how, if I fixed my ADD brain with meds, it might actually change who I am, and personally I'm a fan of myself, totally not meant to sound conceited.

It does have benefits, my ability to hyperfocus on things that interest me is benefitting me GREATLY. And I make connections in my head that other people don't, granted might be like thought 1 to thought 5, but it connects. Other "normal" people don't think the same way I do.

In some ways, it's super neat!

I like me, too - a lot, in fact. but when I take Ritalin I get a LOT more done. it doesn't change who I am, it helps me to focus. I don't like myself any more or any less, I just like the fact that I get a lot more done. At work and at home. A lot of my colleagues have commented on my productivity since I started taking Ritalin. Remember the meds work for a couple of hours and then they stop. if it was a permanent fix nobody would have to carry on taking them.