Dealing With ADD You\u2019ve got a friend or a co-worker. Sometimes this person amazes you with the concentration he pours into his work, producing prodigious amounts of material with seeming ease and fluency.<\/p>\n
But\u2026<\/p>\n
He might be late a lot.<\/p>\n
He nearly always forgets details. If you ask him to bring wine, salad dressing and cro\u00fbtons to a gathering, chances are good that you\u2019re going to be croutonless that evening \u2013 though the wine will probably be of some special vintage and he\u2019ll entertain you with a story about it.<\/p>\n
If he has a task to do \u2013 like mailing checks\u2026 Don\u2019t count on him to do it. He might get them out on time, but if you\u2019re out of stamps, he\u2019ll know he cannot do the task until he gets stamps. He\u2019ll either forget the stamps or forget to mail the checks AFTER he gets the stamps.<\/p>\n
When you talk to him, chances are good that he\u2019s jiggling his leg or playing with the change in his pocket or doodling. You wish he\u2019d stop that crap and just PAY ATTENTION. Screw what\u2019s on the damned radio, and LISTEN TO ME! You might often want to shout.<\/p>\n
If you are dealing with someone with Attention Deficit Disorder, chances are good you are going to want to choke that person. It\u2019s a pain in the butt to deal with, no question.<\/p>\n
The thing is, it\u2019s not hopeless. Really, it isn\u2019t. It\u2019s just that the person with ADD needs to be able to cope. Here\u2019s some things to keep in mind:<\/p>\n
I work in a fairly laid back office as a secretary, where email is the backbone of communication. I discovered that the people who sent me emails for task requests where the ones who got the most attention. I finally had to break down and explain to people who made requests of me verbally that I was not being inattentive by taking notes, but was actually doing my best to be as attentive and cooperative as possible.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dealing With ADD You\u2019ve got a friend or a co-worker. Sometimes this person amazes you with the concentration he pours into his work, producing prodigious amounts of material with seeming ease and fluency. But\u2026 He might be late a lot. He nearly always forgets details. If you ask him to bring wine, salad dressing and … <\/p>\n