[Chancellor]

Quote by: Winter wind ADD does not mean you have no focus. Actually more often then not they have something called "hyper focus" which means they can go into a trance like state to accomplish something. ADD's trouble is not being able to direct that focus. The focus is great on interesting things. It's like an extreme allergy to boredom.

Which is why it's called attention deficit disorder (or, when there's a hyperactivity element, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) and not attention absence disorder. These kids still have some ability to maintain attention. Of course, from reading various treatment records and school reports, they make it sound as if the kid is unable to focus his attention on anything for any length of time.

It is caused by (or suspected to be caused by) a chemical imbalance in dopamine. That basically means the immediate reward system is different.

Well, when they can actually do testing on live humans that show an actual imbalance of dopamine and actually show that imbalance causing the disorder, then I'll be convinced.

One thing is for certain which is it is genetic.

Now, either it's caused by a chemical imbalance or it's caused by a gene - make up your mind!

However, it has been falsely diagnosed in kids who the teacher doesn't like. But that is another issue entirely.

Much of that goes back to this whole thing of treating boys as if they're really just defective girls.

In response to everything else. Psychology works if only at it's basic level. You punish someone, they stop doing it. You reward them, they do it more often.

I have yet to see psychology "cure" even one person's "mental illness."