Edward M.Hallowell

the same way someone without ADD is just isn’t possible because it is very clear to me I get into panic situations if I don’t have a pretty strict routine built into my life, which involves a good deal of alone time, not necessarily quiet, but alone time.

His independence, needing to do things on his own time, on his own schedule, is also typical of ADD, as is his frustration intolerance and his sense of being a fraud. His cognitive failures invalidated all his successes, in his own mind, and his self-esteem plummeted.

While they can hold the information in mind, they do not have the patience to sequentially put it out.