I have known other HG+ folks who were the same way and the ADD meds saved their marriages. I'm not suggesting that we medicate everyone, but only that we not write off a diagnosis that could be helpful.
Good point!
I was sort of hoping that we could get to where we could see 'hyperfocus' as both a thing that sometimes goes with ADHD and a thing that sometimes goes with just plain PG and a thing that sometimes is just part of a person's personality. I don't want to throw the whole ADHD baby out with the bathwater, but it surely does frustrate me when folks treat
every 'non-ND' behavior my DS exhibits as signs ADHD.
My guess is that 20 years from now we will be thinking of a cluster of 5 or 6 different 'brain weaknesses' + environmental demand interactions that cluster together to give the behaviors and appearances that we now are calling ADHD/ADD.
The point is to help our kids and our families as best we can today, given the tools that are availible now.
Best Wishes,
Grinity
