Seriously. There must be some practical application for video game skills, mustn't there?

I am sitting in the Box Office. I am hungry, since I did not microwave my lunch before we opened because I was just supposed to be here long enough to get the volunteer started. But apparently, this is the week where (as my boss made vague noises about), she's working Friday instead of Wednesday. I think I may take the phone off the hook for a couple minutes and be not hungry.

I'm torn between "It's already Wednesday?!" and "It's only Wednesday?!"

Listening to the addictive/hyperfocus talk and just nodding. Would have been useful to know when I was a child. Or to know more when my kids were small.

I didn't realize it until much later, but my hyperfocus can be very scary and offputting to people who are not me. For me? It's one of the few ways I can actually get anything done.

Apparently clinical studies (as opposed to anecdata) have shown fairly conclusively that people with ADD/ADHD are *vastly* more likely to develop addictions than are people without ADD/ADHD.

Self-medication. See also, massive use of caffeine.

I saw a friend of mine who I assume has ADD take a hit off a joint and then get quicker at the game we were playing.

Hello, ADD/ADHD paradoxical effect. It can be interesting. Sometimes it can be fun. It's also hilarious when the pharmacist didn't get it, and openly expressed concerns that a stimulant might be too stimulating for me. Although, honestly, it WAS an off-label use.

Apparently clinical studies (as opposed to anecdata) have shown fairly conclusively that people with ADD/ADHD are *vastly* more likely to develop addictions than are people without ADD/ADHD.

That's fascinating - I'd love to understand more about the neurochemistry behind this. (In my family it's either/or, but it makes total sense that there are related underlying mechanisms.)

Apparently clinical studies (as opposed to anecdata) have shown fairly conclusively that people with ADD/ADHD are *vastly* more likely to develop addictions than are people without ADD/ADHD.

I've also seen studies that relate this to the high percentage of people with ADD in prison.

There must be some practical application for video game skills, mustn't there?

And we can't all be fighter pilots.

I get a couple hours of Laura time today! And I have ten more minutes of online before I have to leave. Um, if I'm late, Laura, there was traffic. Yes, traffic. Not that I got eated by internets, not that. Totally the traffic thing.

I'm fascinated by the ADD/ADHD thing. More and more I suspect that I am ADD, though obviously never diagnosed. It would explain SO much. I need to do some reading.

More and more I suspect that I am ADD, though obviously never diagnosed. It would explain SO much. I need to do some reading.

I don't think I am ADD, but if you find some good info could you post a link here?

Zenkitty, this is a good place to start.

I find this very interesting . Mostly because I think there is whole lot more to our body chemistry than we think . I know that I very rarely have any side effects. I also suspect that one of my drugs is not as effctive as my doctor thinks it is. I also know that back when DH and I weighed close to the same amount, and we had the same amount to drink , yo u would prefer to have me behind the wheel. Which is not the way it is supposed to be. And he is more likely to have a side effect. I also know that if something works for my sistered, it will probably work well for me