• Question: if you are excitable and easily distracted, do you have ADHD ?

    Asked by anon-206061 to Russell on 8 Mar 2019.
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      Russell Arnott answered on 8 Mar 2019:


      I do have ADHD – it was quite a problem for me at school because I couldn’t sit still and was easily distracted so I could concentrate on things I found boring.
      As an adult, I now am able to channel that energy into places that I want to but I still HATE being stuck in boring meetings / talks – it drives me crazy!
      Some new research suggests that people with ADHD are better at seeing links between random things because their brains flit around so much. I like to think this helps me with my research because I study physics and biology!

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