04-01-2013, 06:33 PM
G, there IS an actual measured test that evaluates ADHD. I've taken it. It's fascinating. I could watch the measurements and see how my attention span was disappearing.
In short... you do a boring, timed task and see how long it takes for you to fall off task.
In reality, this 'condition' is not a 'disorder'. It's more of an evolutionary legacy of hyperawareness that allows homo sapiens with my genetic makeup to sense the stalking sabertoothed tiger that much faster. Thus allowing us to survive and reproduce. :booty:
However.. in the US intellectual sausage factory teachers don't have the time to deal with students who are polyfocal. So we get drugged.
In short... you do a boring, timed task and see how long it takes for you to fall off task.
In reality, this 'condition' is not a 'disorder'. It's more of an evolutionary legacy of hyperawareness that allows homo sapiens with my genetic makeup to sense the stalking sabertoothed tiger that much faster. Thus allowing us to survive and reproduce. :booty:
However.. in the US intellectual sausage factory teachers don't have the time to deal with students who are polyfocal. So we get drugged.