Saturday, March 14, 2009

Laws of Dealing with AD/HD People

This text has spread over the internets from a Facebook group The ADD and ADHD Law. I did some editing and present only general and funny laws.

  1. Law of Interruption: When a non-ADD/HD person is speaking is interrupted by an ADD/HD person, you cannot be offended. Understand that it is not because what you are saying is boring, but the said ADD person had a whim.
  2. Law of Randomness: Non-ADD/HD people shouldn't look at an ADD/HD person when they make a comment that's out of the blue as if they are alien. If said ADD/HD person wants to say a random fact about coffee when you're talking about the zoo, just smile!
  3. Law of Extreme Moods: For extreme ADD/HD off medication, understand there isn't any moderation in their mood. They are either hyper or tired.
  4. Law of Silence: If said ADD/HD person is tired, do not bother them. Enjoy the silence because chances are it won't last long.
  5. Law of Patience/Impatience: If you are the friend of a person with mild-extreme ADD/HD, you understand one quality you have to have is patient.
    On the part of the person with ADD/HD, they maybe impatient at times (especially if they are hungry, but they are not to be rude about it). If the said ADD/HD person goes to extreme tempers in public, their friend (patient) does have the right to leave or give a gentle slap on the back.
  6. Law on Love: Most of the time, ADD/HD people have a lot of love for their friends, family, and significant other. They have different methods of showing it. If you are confused by a certain event that is clearly not a negative one, understand that it's their way of saying you are wonderful.
  7. Law of Movement: A) When an ADD person twitches or swings their hands around when they speak, know they are not deaf. Do not try their sign language because you will hurt your own mind. B) When the ADD person is speaking with their hands, don't imitate them because they will be confused even more. This confusion can cause brain damage to said person.
  8. Law of Drugs: When an ADD/HD person is taking their Adderol know that they are not drug dealers. Trying to take their medication will result in your ass being kicked by said person. Now if the ADD/HD person offers to share, that is between the two of you. The ADD/HD law does not take responsibility of those who turn into lunatics with ADD/HD peoples!
  9. Law of Medicated Concentration: When a person with ADD/HD takes their medication and is hard at work, do not poke or prod, or make fun of said person for their intense concentration. If this law is ignored you can expect an angry/panicked reaction from said person.
  10. Law of Boredom: If you as the friend suggest something to do keep in mind if ADD/HD friend isn't on their medication they will be bored in less than 10 minutes unless it deals with something of extreme interest or pays good money. Examples would be ice cream or anything with sugar.
  11. Law of All Over the Place: A non ADD/HD person may run into their ADD/HD friend more than twice within the time span of an hour at different places on campus. Do not be afraid because they do not know how to teleport. But, it is normal since ADD/HD people just like to be "all over the place" and keep themselves busily entertained to avoid boredom (aka studying or doing homework).
  12. Law of Piles and Cleaning - Never mess with piles or attempt to clean a ADD/HD persons room because no matter how messy it may be! Those pile are the person's "filing cabinet" or closet, and it is very clean and organized to them and they know where every thing is. Cleaning there room or even worse organizing it will only cause them confusing and they will more than likely to hurt you physically.
  13. Law of Erratic Eyes: Do not be alarmed if you are in conversation with an ADD/HDer and he or she does not make solid eye contact, but instead glances around constantly as if he only recently survived a zombie attack that he expects to be repeated at any moment. He was not necessarily abused as a child, is not necessarily untrustworthy, and does not necessarily think you are boring and/or unattractive. Nor does it mean you should brace for attack from the rear, turn around to see what the hell he is looking at, or ask if you have something on your face, as this will only distract him. It is just that for an ADD/HDer, looking at one fixed point for any length of time at all is as almost as difficult as chewing gum while laying eggs and levitating. If he or she is standing or sitting in one place to talk to you (or walking around in your general location and picking up random objects to examine while talking to you), accept this as a signal that if he were ADD/HD-free, he would be boring a hole through your eyeballs and into your brain with the weight of his gaze alone, putting you at severe risk for brain hemorrhage.
    • Corollary: If an ADD/HDer stares you in the eye for more than .7 seconds, and you are not incredibly attractive or incredibly unattractive, you should probably run.
    • Second Corollary: If he screams, "Look out!" and points to something behind you, be thankful he has ADD/HD and wasn't staring you in the eye. But do it after you have gotten your ass to relative safety, because something bad is about to happen to the back of you.
  14. Law of 'Special School': If an ADD/HD person is at a 'special school', understand that they are not stupid (in fact most ADD/HD people are very smart, they may seem to be stupid.  They are there because of the fact that they/we learn differently!
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