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[l0rca]

This thread could go into a lot of directions. I've decided to not offer a more neutral stance in the poll. Be honest with the anonymous poll, please. I'd love a healthy amount of replies. I'm asking in realtion to the hunter/farmer classification idea.

Symptoms for you to mull:

Inattention ADD symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder:

_ often fails to give close attention to details.

_ often makes careless mistakes in schoolwork, work, or other activities.

_ often has difficulty sustaining attention in tasks or play activities.

_ often becomes easily distracted by irrelevant sights, sounds and extraneous stimuli.

_ often does not seem to listen when spoken to directly.

_often does not follow through on instructions and fails to finish schoolwork, chores, or duties in the workplace.

_ often has difficulty organizing tasks and activities.

_ often avoids tasks, such as schoolwork or homework, that require sustained mental effort.

_ often loses things necessary for tasks or activities, like school assignments, pencils, books, or tools.

_ often is forgetful in daily activities.

_ rarely follows instructions carefully and completely.

From: http://www.add-adhd-help-center.com/symptoms_add_adhd.htm

[nimzov]

Symptoms for you to mull:

Inattention ADD symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder:

_ often fails to give close attention to details. No

_ often makes careless mistakes in schoolwork, work, or other activities. Not often

_ often has difficulty sustaining attention in tasks or play activities. No

_ often becomes easily distracted by irrelevant sights, sounds and extraneous stimuli. Sometimes

_ often does not seem to listen when spoken to directly. No

_often does not follow through on instructions and fails to finish schoolwork, chores, or duties in the workplace. No

_ often has difficulty organizing tasks and activities. No

_ often avoids tasks, such as schoolwork or homework, that require sustained mental effort. No, I like such tasks

_ often loses things necessary for tasks or activities, like school assignments, pencils, books, or tools. No

_ often is forgetful in daily activities. No

_ rarely follows instructions carefully and completely. No

nimzo

[Bjorn]

Inattention ADD symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder:

_ often fails to give close attention to details.

_ often makes careless mistakes in schoolwork, work, or other activities.Ooops, deleted, wrong thread ...

[Amapola]

What is the hunter/farmer classification idea? I thought it might be in the link but I could not find it.

[l0rca]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_vs._farmer_theory

[Amapola]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_vs._farmer_theory

Thanks - that's very interesting. I had not realized that hyperfocus was considered an aspect of ADD.

[Forty-Two]

Symptoms for you to mull:

Inattention ADD symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder:
I would be hard pressed to find a list of characteristics that would describe me less.

[Metullus]

Inattention ADD symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder:

_ often fails to give close attention to details. Ye, huh?

_ often makes careless mistakes in schoolwork, work, or other activities. Yed

_ often has difficulty sustaining attention in tasks or play activities. Okay.

_ often becomes easily distracted by irrelevant sights, sounds and extraneous stimuli. Never... whats that sound...?


Upon reflection, I think "Yes".

[Cuddles]

This thread could go into a lot of directions. I've decided to not offer a more neutral stance in the poll. Be honest with the anonymous poll, please. I'd love a healthy amount of replies. I'm asking in realtion to the hunter/farmer classification idea.

Symptoms for you to mull:

Inattention ADD symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder:

_ often fails to give close attention to details.

_ often makes careless mistakes in schoolwork, work, or other activities.

_ often has difficulty sustaining attention in tasks or play activities.

_ often becomes easily distracted by irrelevant sights, sounds and extraneous stimuli.

_ often does not seem to listen when spoken to directly.

_often does not follow through on instructions and fails to finish schoolwork, chores, or duties in the workplace.

_ often has difficulty organizing tasks and activities.

_ often avoids tasks, such as schoolwork or homework, that require sustained mental effort.

_ often loses things necessary for tasks or activities, like school assignments, pencils, books, or tools.

_ often is forgetful in daily activities.

_ rarely follows instructions carefully and completely.

From: http://www.add-adhd-help-center.com/symptoms_add_adhd.htm

_is a child.

I'll admit that a very few children have a real problem, but the "symptoms" of ADD apply to every single child, and most adults, in the world. Is anyone really surprised that children are disorganised and don't want to work?

[hipparchia]

Once, a mom from Canada came to visit BG, bringing her 9-year-old son. She would not allow him to eat chocolate, because he would get "hyperactive".

Now, chocolate was a staple during finals week and it certainly helped concentration. Why is it then considered a culprit for "hyperactive" behavior?

[SusanB-M1]

Before I became a teacher, I had not realised just how much reluctance to work existed amongst children! It was always so interesting how children sorted themselves into those who settled and those who didn't.

[l0rca]

A note about ADD: it can be correctly diagnosed by neurological exams. Patients are monitored for certain chemical and electrical actions in the brain over a period of (I think) 4-8 hours of sleep.

These symptoms are wide ranging amoung other disorders, too. But the idea behind ADD, is that in the past and present this sort of condition may be beneficial. ADD might be diagnosed clear cut, but so far as it being labelled as such at a superficial glance, or considered bad for the individual, I think is a question of measure.

[Cuddles]

Before I became a teacher, I had not realised just how much reluctance to work existed amongst children! It was always so interesting how children sorted themselves into those who settled and those who didn't.

Don't you remember being a child?

I may have been one that didn't settle :blush:

[Rishi]

In my opinion, the diagnosis of ADD for a child would depend on the parent.

If the parent is someone who is OK with their child taking ritalin and wants the child to take it, the diagnosis would be ADD. If the parent is not OK with ritalin, the child would not even see the inside of a psychiatrist's ofice.

Many parents, when dealing with disruptive children turn towards psychiatric help (and ritalin) when they cannot think of anything else. I am not passing judgement on anybody, just stating the facts.