50 (or so) Great Things About Having ADD

- Entertain your friends with witty one-liners and sharp come backs.
· Insomnia makes for more time to stay up and surf the net!
· The drive of Hyper-focus
· Two words: Chat Addiction
· Hyperactivity+Creativity+ a Compulsive Libido= One Popular Guy on Dates
· Resilience
· Can meet someone, fall deeply in love, marry, fight, hate and divorce all in about 35 minutes or less
· Sparkling personality
· Drop names like Edison, Einstein, Walt Disney and Beethoven in conversations
· Can fixate on one object while the rest of the world goes right down the toilet
· Can see all of your wordly possessions at one time.. because they are all over the floor
· Tends to be very generous with money, time and resources.
· flexible
· ENTHUSIASTIC
· innovative
· A strong sense of what is FAIR
· Willing to take a Risk
· Alert
· Eager
· creative
· provides original ideas · or isn't afraid to steal them.
· Make far reaching analogies that no one else understands. Write them off as "Deep Thoughts"
· Theoretical
· Abstract Thinkers
· Spontaneous
· Always Hopeful
· Keeps business meetings lively
· The Mind of a Pentium - with only 2Mgs of RAM
· Aesthetically oriented
· Pleasantly and constantly surprised by finding clothing you had forgotten about.
· Able to tie seemingly unrelated ideas together
· Funny
· Able to see The Big Picture while others stumble around in the dark.
· Independent
· Demands to know WHY?
· Last of the ROMANTICS
· Has a wide variety of interests · Good conversationalist
· Qualify for bulk rate mail on tax returns because you have at least 24 W-2's attached.
· At IQs of 160 and above, virtually all people have ADD symptoms
· An innately better understanding of intuitive technologies such as computers
· In class popularity contests, always voted "Most Entertaining"
· "Most Energetic" and "Most likely to Self Immolate"
· Great Improvisors
· Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound (did you actually read that?)
· Honestly believes that anything is possible
· Great at Extemporaneous Speaking
· Quickly assimilates new information
· Usually a little smarter than the average bear
· Willing to "step out in faith"
· Rarely satisfied with the status quo
· Empathetic · Can easily replace missing childhood photos with panels from "Calvin & Hobbes"
· Pleasantly and constantly surprised by finding money you had forgotten about.
· Blows up, but then usually recovers quickly
· An unstoppable dynamo of human energy
· Doesn't know when to quit
· Intuitive · Compassionate
· Persistant · Spunky
· Hidden TALENT
· Closely attuned to the moods of those around them
· Pleasantly and constantly surprised by finding spouses you had forgotten about.
· ADD is especially common among artists, musicians, and other creative people
· Can always be depended upon to provide a different perspective
· Visionary
· An Individualist
· Many successful entrepreneurs exhibit ADD behaviors
· A greater tolerance for Chaos
· Provides job security for writers of Spell Check programs
· Will fight for what they believe in
· Excellent motivators of others
· Highly organized, punctual and generally responsible (OK, so I lied)
· got your attention?

Bob was a 34-year-old music teacher by the time his AD/HD was finally diagnosed. That new knowledge triggered his all-consuming quest for more information about AD/HD in children and adults. Eventually, this journey led him to About.com, where he developed and directed one of the most popular sites in its network. He is a frequent public speaker at AD/HD meetings, workshops and conferences, including those of Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (CHADD) and the National Attention Deficit Disorders Association (ADDA).