Subject: RE: The "Ultimate COJ Thread About Nothing" Thread # 31 Foot The Other - 2007-05-21 11:02 AM Scout7 - 2007-05-21 10:53 AM Mike 45 - 2007-05-21 10:50 AM Scout7 - 2007-05-21 10:48 AM Well, when you have it, you look into it and learn about it. For the record, I take meds for it. Were you diagnosed as a child or an adult? Adult. But I know I had it as a kid. Good possibility for my poor performance in school. I always got bad grades in conduct, self-control and wise use of time. I'd breeze through the "course" work and then just couldn't seem to stay in my seat or focus on something else productive. As I've gotten older, I find that my inability to focus on more than one thing ... and not for all that long ... works for me in my job ... I'm the office "fire fighter". I work best on something that needs immediate resolution and can use my full attention and skills for a short time ... but after that ... one can only hope that it'll be a little while before the next crisis as I'll have to regroup. I wonder how much, if any, of that would test out like ADD. Alot of it. I was very similar. Struggled doing homework, because it was mostly "busywork", but did well on tests. I can focus really well on things for a period of time, then I'm spent. In a way, the focus is good, because the firehose of thoughts in my mind let me run through possibilities very quickly. I'm amusing to watch, too, because I talk to myself, and you can see the different processes running themselves through. I think that's why I'm good at programming. The focus, the ability to process multiple pathways quickly, adaptability.... |