the same way someone without ADD is just isn’t possible because it is very clear to me I get into panic situations if I don’t have a pretty strict routine built into my life, which involves a good deal of alone time, not necessarily quiet, but alone time.
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His independence, needing to do things on his own time, on his own schedule, is also typical of ADD, as is his frustration intolerance and his sense of being a fraud. His cognitive failures invalidated all his successes, in his own mind, and his self-esteem plummeted.
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While they can hold the information in mind, they do not have the patience to sequentially put it out.
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The therapist must become active and directive in helping the patient reorganize his life.
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concrete suggestions concerning ways of getting organized, staying focused, making plans, keeping to schedules, prioritizing tasks to be done, and, in general, dealing with the chaos of everyday life.
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but with the patient, so that the patient can learn to do it for himself.
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They need direction. They need structure
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“It’s been so many years living like this, thinking I’m stupid, but knowing I’m not. I brought along this list,” she added, holding up some papers. “I wrote down everything I could so you could read it.”
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I see something that I mean to do and then I don’t do it. It’s not only trivial things like the cough drop; it’s big things, too.’ That’s why I cried.”
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Wanting to do something, meaning to do something, but just not doing it: this is the “cough drop sign” and it is common among adults with ADD.