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Is adult ADD really annoying?

Results so far:

Yes
71% 192 votes Total: 272 votes
No
29% 80 votes
  • 1 of 8

    by April Trice

    I went to do the laundry and wound up mowing the yard. I have Attention Deficit Dis, oh look a squirrel! That's exactly what it's like for an adult living with ADD. To ask if...read more

  • 2 of 8

    by Ethan Couie

    ADD can be annoying at times. It seems like people with ADD never listen to anything you say. Also, it may seem like they will say they'll do something, but they never do. The t...read more

  • 3 of 8

    by Lisa Doherty

    When the first principal I worked for took me aside three weeks into the year and suggested that I be tested for adult ADD, I was hurt - and relieved that I wasn't just incompet...read more

  • 4 of 8

    by Sammy Stein

    I am so sorry, I know I should not find adult ADD annoying but I do. How do you talk to someone who is so obviously only intersted in what you have to say for a microsecond be...read more

  • 5 of 8

    by Meghann

    This article is written by an Adult Attention Deficit Hyper-activity Disorder sufferer. The way that this debate question was stated I didn't really know how to answer it. Is A...read more

  • 6 of 8

    by Cheryl Metcalf

    I have never been diagnosed, but I have fit the discription of someone who has ADD my whole life. I can focus on subjects of interest for hours. The things that bore me, my mind...read more

  • 7 of 8

    by Janet Harris

    Adult ADD is not only annoying for the sufferer, but also for those around him. Perhaps frustrating would be a better word, but I know that my partner would say it annoyed him a...read more

  • 8 of 8

    by J.P Joeygee

    I don't know about annoying, but I believe that having attention deficit can be stressful, especially if the person with the disorder is in a relationship or married. Statically...read more

  • 1 of 3

    by Annie McFadden

    Should we classify all disabilities or abilities outside the norm as annoying? Should we be annoyed that people in wheelchairs are allowed to park closer to the store than the r...read more

  • 2 of 3

    by Kaylynn Ryan

    Annoying is definitely not the word I would use to describe ADD. Debilitating would be a more acurate word. Recently I was diagnosed with ADD, and it was the last thing I would ...read more

  • 3 of 3

    by Deborah Bauers

    Okay, so now I'm annoyed! What a poor choice of words to use to describe the troublesome effects for those who have been diagnosed with Adult Attention Deficit Disorder. "Frus...read more

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