adhd just means your mind switches channels a lot and it's hard to pay attention.  that's it. people are using it as excuse to do all kinds of bullshit things.  it doesn't really cause any behavior.  i know because i was diagnosed and have it.  i've learned to manage it better without meds, and i'm very smart so school was okay, but often in lessons i was totally lost because even if i tried to pay attention before i knew it, i was starring at the floor in some imagination run for the last ten minutes and now i have no idea what's going on in the lesson. happened in almost every class but again i was smart, i did the reading and homework at least half the time and so i made as and bs even though i was probably smart enough to make as only but i had a horrible time paying attention.  but it doesn't cause acting on, or hyperfixation, or any odd behaviors.  it just means your mind wanders and it makes paying attention to especially boring things, kind of hard. even now if a movie gets boring or a little slow, i'll miss 10 minutes of the movie without meaning too because i went into my head and was thinking and stopped watching the movie involuntarily.  but that's all it is. it's not an excuse for any kind of behavior. except in long conversations where they're talking for a long time and it's a little boring, then sometimes i miss things i was supposed to have heard.
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