--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mar 28, 2006, at 1:42 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: > > > I don't mean this as either a joke or a put-down, but I always > > thought that MMY may be someone with ADHD. After all, he has a > > propensity for going from one exciting scheme to another and then > > forgetting the old scheme that he spent all his time and attention > > cultivating. He has a very focused and intense attention span and > > yet once a project or idea loses his interest he quickly abandons it. > > I don't think that would be ADHD on that scale of time. Since he can > clearly talk focussed for hours upon hours on the minutiae of ONE > topic and all the ramifications, I'd say he's pretty darn focussed. > Close attention to details is one of the things that people with ADHD > cannot do reliably--and they can't organize complicated situations > easily. He seems the opposite of ADHD to me. >
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