subsiding, but always in motion. Such hyperreactivity enhances creativity because it increases the number of collisions in the brain. Each collision has the potential to emit new light, new matter, as when subatomic particles collide.

Max’s high IQ delayed the diagnosis of ADD. When a child is obviously bright and gets good grades, one often fails to consider ADD as a possibility. This is a mistake.

Chronic overspending Other disorders of impulse control like kleptomania and pyromania

Nowhere is where many ADD people live all the time. Neither here nor there nor anywhere in particular, but rather here and there, not in any one place, but all over the place, nowhere precisely. And it is out of nowhere, on the wings of impulse, that creativity flies in.

Most adults who have ADD do not suspect they have it. They just feel that something is amiss in some unnameable way.

Even when they look calm and sedate, they are usually churning inside, taking this piece of data and moving it there, pushing this thought through their emotional network, putting

Repetitious whirlwind romances

Explosive temper

A third element that favors creativity among people with ADD is an often-overlooked capacity they have. This is the ability to intensely focus or hyperfocus at times. As mentioned earlier, the term “attention deficit” is a misnomer. It is a matter of attention inconsistency. While it is true that the ADD mind wanders when not engaged, it is also th