10 Advantages of ADD in a High Tech Career

aristone says on February 11th, 2006 at 12:33 am

Another advantage of ADD is the steady supply of cheap (if insured) and legal amphetamines and/or methylphenidates.

chrispian says on February 11th, 2006 at 12:37 am

I have ADD and when I was reading up on it I found that hyperfocus was part of the package. When people with ADD find something they like or are interested in they can often focus on it like a laser but they often ignore everything else. I use strict schedule / routine to help battle my ADD. These 10 tips are very inline with my experience.

Nick says on February 11th, 2006 at 12:53 am

Disadvantages are that you get in more car accidents than average :(

John says on February 11th, 2006 at 8:13 am

I have ADD and hyper foucus all the time. The term simply means that one with ADD will focus intently on what ever it is they are doing or interested in at the moment(to the exclution of most all else).

Kind of like a kid playing video games for hours with his mouth hanging open. You can talk to him with out him ever hearing you. That in a sense is what an ADDer will experience from time to time.

So being hyper focused and engaged in a task do not oppose each other, often they go hand in hand.

Leon says on February 11th, 2006 at 8:22 am

John, chrispian, thanks for the pointers. Good to know learn more examples!

thomas Romer says on February 15th, 2006 at 6:07 am

i have it too and i use it to destroy my enemies.

kelly says on February 23rd, 2006 at 4:42 am

There are good sides and bad to everything – ADD/ADHD is no exception. I’m a 39 yr old applications analyst. It’s cool that I can learn things quickly (usually just need one explanation), and apply what I’ve learned to new and related scenarios. I can usually ’see’ or ‘predict’ what will happen before it does, which makes risk assessment incredibly fast and easy for me. The downside is that I often expect others to be able to learn and apply various concepts as quickly and easily, and I get frustrated by having to repeat instructions for the same to the same over and over. Another downside is that I often ‘think’ faster than I can type or write down my ideas and I’ve come to depend on my little hand-held voice recorder to capture brainstorm details.

Just curious… anyone else have problems with dehydration, low blood pressure, and inability to gain weight? I don’t know if it’s related to my ADHD or not, but the weight thing was one of the big reasons I stopped taking medication. The dehydration could easily be related to the 1-3 pots of coffee I consume each day, and maybe the low BP is resultant to that too. I’ve never counted calories in my life and sometimes I may ‘forget’ to eat because I’ve been hyperfocused for several hours, but I always make up for it and probably consume 2000-3000 calories /day. Any ideas?

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jake says on May 19th, 2006 at 12:06 pm

Learning of the hyperfocus tendencies has truley opened my eyes to my behavior. I have suspected that something was different in me than that of many others, this is esspecially due to the fact that conversation didnt always go well with my peers. Studying psychology over the years has also enlightened me, but it has been frustrating. Just reading for 5 minutes i feel very comfortable and now have a framework to develope myself for the adult world. I have seen these symptoms in many others and only have sympothy for the mirror of their actions reflects my own feelings. Many radical ideas that come at whim or keep me up at night ask for strange looks but never leave my head. A constant fight i know can take me to the top.

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Christ Penis says on December 18th, 2007 at 9:24 pm

Is there a way/ method to step into Hyperfocus mode, like when you are supposed to do something but you don’t feel like it, you could trick yourself into hyperfocus mode to start working on it and get past the procrastination? I’ve read about the strict structure and the scheduling tricks, but when good is a schedule if you fon’t feel like doing what you are supposed to be doing?