Re: ad(h)d and enquiring

Posted by isaac on November 27, 2000 at 11:08:41:

In Reply to: Re: ad(h)d and enquiring posted by Laurence on November 24, 2000 at 04:08:37:

there is lots of literature on adhd, but i don't have any of it on hand now. i'd suggest searching ebscohost for articles on it. there are plenty.

isaac

: *** Could you provide some reference of what you say. Dispite the fact I try to keep up with most enneagram litterature, and of course I cannot read it all, I do not have the financial means to afford every new book, I have never heard of this before. So, I am intriged!

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: : i've noticed that just about every 54 i know has been diagnosed with attention deficit disorder, of the non-hyperactive type. you think maybe this "disorder" is just being a distracted 5? things that i've read on the topic, and my shrink, have led me to beleive that it's more of an attention instability than a deficit. add people typically hyperfocus on stuff for hours and hours. and 5s almost always seem to "zone out" while someone is talking to them, but nevertheless listen intently while figuring out some other thing unrelated.

: : thoughts?

: : isaac

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