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06 Sep 2008, 6:57 pm

so your telling me my brain pretty much worth nothing?

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06 Sep 2008, 7:14 pm

Umm... NO.

ADHD can be an advantage in some cases, even. When you make those wild associations, you get pretty creative. Well, I do, anyway. I probably have ADHD myself, either diagnosable independently or ADHD traits mixed in with my autism.

Why would ADHD mean your brain wasn't worth anything? It has nothing to do with intelligence, just attention.

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06 Sep 2008, 7:18 pm

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so your telling me my brain pretty much worth nothing?

Actually, a high percentage of gifted kids meet the criteria for ADHD, so there is debate about to what extent ADHD should be considered pathological, and to what extent it should be considered a brain optimized for a different type of functioning.

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06 Sep 2008, 7:19 pm

but the fact that im forgetable has that something to do with adhd to?

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06 Sep 2008, 7:20 pm

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but the fact that im forgetable has that something to do with adhd to?

Forgetfulness in everyday life is extremely common in ADHD.

Edit: I looked it up, and forgetfulness is actually criteria #9 for ADHD in the DSM-IV.

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06 Sep 2008, 7:21 pm

is it also common to have only discoverd very small skills?and not much ones?(1 to be honest)

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06 Sep 2008, 7:22 pm

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is it also common to have only discoverd very small skills?and not much ones?(1 to be honest)

I'm not sure what you mean. Do you mean that certain skills are very weak? Can you be more specific? You could have a learning disability, or attentional problems could be impacting your ability to demonstrate your true potential.

LDs are commonly comorbid with ADHD.

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06 Sep 2008, 7:36 pm

i mean that i only know what skill wich im good at and thats balancing things on my hand/fingers/finger can do it very good anyway thats the only thing i know that i can do good (all other things i suck at)
whats a learning disability?

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06 Sep 2008, 7:40 pm

LostInSpace wrote:

UndercoverAlien wrote:

is it also common to have only discoverd very small skills?and not much ones?(1 to be honest)

He never mentioned adhd Callista did. I wouldn't jump to concusions. They used to think I had adhd, now it is looking less and less likely.

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06 Sep 2008, 7:42 pm

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He never mentioned adhd Callista did. I wouldn't jump to concusions. They used to think I had adhd, now it is looking less and less likely.

He *did* ask about ADHD (after it was initially mentioned). For example, here:

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but the fact that im forgetable has that something to do with adhd to?

He is asking whether ADHD (or presumably another non-dementia condition) could explain his symptoms. I'm not saying he has ADHD, I'm just telling him which symptoms may be related to ADHD.

I think the OP is looking for a possible explanation that doesn't make him think he has dementia or some other kind of organic brain disease. ADHD is certainly something to explore, if he is interested.

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06 Sep 2008, 7:48 pm

jup its true im trying to find out if im really stupid or i just ahve some wierd handicap like adhd would be nice to know

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06 Sep 2008, 7:48 pm

LostInSpace wrote:

He is asking whether ADHD (or presumably another non-dementia) could explain his symptoms. I'm not saying he has ADHD, I'm just telling him which symptoms may be related to ADHD.

I think the OP is looking for an explanation that doesn't make him think he has dementia or some other kind of organic brain disease.

Ok I get your point, but saying that adhd could have LD co-morbids implied that he had it. It can actually have an organic cause, even adhd is neurobiological suposedly.

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06 Sep 2008, 7:49 pm

Yes, I just mentioned ADHD because it has many of the same symptoms and is much more common.

LD is Learning Disability. In the US, the term is used to describe people who have a very hard time with some specific aspect of learning (usually academic, but not always). The most common one is probably dyslexia, which means having a very hard time with reading.

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06 Sep 2008, 7:50 pm

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A learning disability basically means that while you have normal or above average skills in some areas, you have significant deficits in other areas. So for instance, a kid might have overall normal intelligence, but have severe difficulties learning to read. Asperger's has actually been described by some people as a learning disability for social interaction.

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06 Sep 2008, 7:53 pm

so means that at lots of stuff i have a learning disability?

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06 Sep 2008, 7:55 pm

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LostInSpace wrote:

Ok I get your point, but saying that adhd could have LD co-morbids implied that he had it. It can actually have an organic cause, even adhd is neurobiological suposedly.

Yes, ADHD is neurological, but it is not an organic disease. Dementia is a serious illness which causes relentless destruction of brain tissue and loss of cognitive abilities, and eventually death. People with dementia also lose motor skills and often the ability to swallow safely. Dementia is a really terrible illness which should not be confused with ADHD, and the OP seemed a bit freaked out after hearing about it, so I'm just trying to educate the OP a bit about some more likely alternatives that he could explore.

I wasn't trying to imply that he had ADHD. I know hardly anything about him, and I'm not qualified to diagnosis ADHD.

There *are* some things I am qualified to diagnosis as a speech therapist (language disorders and actually some types of dementia), but even then I wouldn't attempt a diagnosis over the Internet.

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