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I've had this for some time now. The first time my phone rang my heart missed a couple of beats (home alone). I hated it for the first week, now I can't find anything to top it. Side effect: random people start whisteling the tune. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S32X5-eKVp4

I teach finnish language and literature in junior high and high school.

Hee! Thanks :D

I totally feel you! I went to an EEG-test, where I had to sit in a small room and stare at a screen, that had little black and white squares changing place. The test took two hours. Two hours of concentrating on little squares. I had to stay awake and completely still, in an armchair. That was...

There are cultural differences in the number of diagnoses. I have the impression that the diagnostic culture in Northern America is somewhat more "allowing" than here in Scandinavia. However, comments that belittle the nature of ADD/ADHD (such as "oh em gee and then HEY a butterfly!") seem to...

Exactly. My psychiatrist once stated that the western culture has outmatched our evolution. We are expected to accomplish things that are brain and physique has not accustomed to. That's why ADD/ADHD is a problem.

Not really. Expected something bigger in the end. :)

I'm an INFJ with an ADD. I'm taking medication and it helps. For those of you with the combination INFJ + ADD: how do you experience the existence of the somewhat different "forces"? I have the habit of diving into the depths of things super fast, taking a couple of shortcuts. To me it feels...