Response (from Room 1).  Deconstruct and define the components of ADHD.

​Observation. OED definition of each component is:

 

• Attention Deficit. (n)  a deficiency or failure to notice something or someone.  (compound noun not in OED, so a combination of the two words.)

• Hyperactivity. (n)  abnormally or extremely active; constantly active and sometimes disruptive behavior, occurring primarily in children.

• Disorder. (n) an illness or condition that disrupts normal physical or mental functions. 

 

​Observation.  ADHD is a disorder, which is defined in the negative (i.e, not normal.) 

Response.  Define normal to discover abnormal. 

Observation.  Normal is defined by a negative: not abnormal. 

Observation.  Double negatives are not consistent match-ups with reality.

Response.  Invert the double negative to create a definition of normal (i.e., not-ADHD.) 

 

• Abnormal: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

• Normal: Ordered Activity and Attention (OAA).

 

​Orientation.  I avoid settings that require Ordered Activity and Attention.

​Response.  Am I abnormal? 

​Observation.  A triple negative (negating the double negative concept ADHD) cannot establish Concept/Object match-up.

​Conclusion.  At the component level ADHD is inconsistent both internally and comparatively with Object (me.) 

Response.  Do a Concept/Object match-up with ADHD’s structural elements or the specific symptoms used to diagnose the disorder. 

Response.  Find list of DSM’s ADHD symptoms

Observation.  Wikipedia does not list them, and they are not easily discoverable through the entry’s footnoted sources.

Response.  Google Search for ADHD DSM symptoms.

Observation.  The Centers for Disease Control is first source.  The entry -- from DSM -- states that I must meet at least five of the criteria in both Inattention and Hyperactivity-Impulsivity.  It also states I must meet four conditions (e.g., in both home and work.)

Orientation.  I match-up with three criteria in one category, four in the other, and two conditions. Therefore I do not meet the symptomatic (components) criteria of ADHD.  MAGNIFY Room 2 Element 1

Response.  I don’t have ADHD? 

Orientation.  My neurologist says I have ADHD, and the medication he prescribed helps me focus. 

Response. Did he use other criteria to diagnose me? 

Observation.  He also used Hyperfocus.  

Orientation.  I consider Hyperfocus my most obvious ADHD trait.

Response.  Run the concept Hyperfocus through through the Ground Truth dialectic.