Someone who's intellectually bright, but has difficulty concentrating on one subject

[raccoon]

for very long, what would you say is wrong with them?

[Deja Q]

1. ADD? ADHD? Asperger's Syndrome?

Or something else.

I'm ADD + Asperger's Syndrome.

[skygazer]

2. Wait a minute, I caught the first part....

what was the second? :P

[XemaSab]

3. Do I know you?

Do you know me?!?!? :shrug:

[raccoon]

8. How did you know it was me? LOL nt

[The2ndWheel]

4. Nothing?

They're just a diverse part of life?

[FloridaJudy]

5. Probably ADD

I have it, as do multiple members of my family - oh look, a squirrel!

Another possibility is that the subject is boring: we ADD folk have the ability to hyper-concentrate when something grabs our interest - oh look, there's another one!

[raccoon]

7. Maybe ADD, "we ADD folk have the ability to hyper-concentrate when something grabs our interest "

I can do that.

I know it isn't ADHD because I sure don't have the H. Never have.

[spinbaby]

6. Dunno, could be ADD

People say I have ADD. I have no idea why...ooooh, look, there's a duck!

[flying rabbit]

15. How many people with ADD does it take to change a lightbulb?

Wanna go ride some bikes?
:silly:

[spinbaby]

16. What lightbulb?

Do we have any peanut butter?

[Callalily]

9. I'm sensing

a theme running through several of your threads. Are you trying to tell us something? :)

Difficulty concentrating on one subject? Subject may just be down right boring. Or that who cares attitude just kicks in. Most likely nothing to be concerned about.

[raccoon]

10. You're very observant, Simply.

I hadn't noticed that myself!

[IndianaJones]

11. Don't know...lets do research...I'll get a book...maybe we should set up some studies...

I'll interview people. I'll take some classes...no I'll get a degree.


I'm sick of it...whats next?

[idgiehkt]

13. lol

:rofl:

[mzteris]

12. Describe the average Loungie, Alex!

:P

[LanternWaste]

14. Undisciplined?

Without much to go one, I would assume he/she is merely undisciplined.

[raccoon]

17. ADD or ADHD sound so much better though! nt

[Fire Walk With Me]

18. Perhaps they are "zoomed out". Give them work as a synthesist.

Some people are good at seeing the big picture. Trends, agendas, parallel developments that would benefit if brought together, etc. They may be good at planning large things, such as political rallys or music/film production. Or directing.

[Nikia]

19. Besides the above mentioned

They are so practiced in multitasking that they lose their ability to do one thing at a time. I think that this is my superviser's problem.

[Redstone]

20. What's wrong with who, again?

Redstone

[MichiganVote]

21. I wouldn't say anything is wrong w/them w/o more information

[otherlander]

22. Well, probably

OMG A SQUIRREL!!!

[janx]

23. Nothing.

That person has the ability to make connections between things that other people do not even fathom. The key, then, is to educate this person in order to show him or her that this trait is actually an asset, as long as he or she can harness it.

The worst thing you can do in a situation like this is to give the person drugs in order to make him or her think like "other" people.