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For me, ADHD isn't a disorder as much as a collection of personality traits. I have a bunch of traits I constantly have to look out for to ensure I complete work, and I've built a system so that I can cope really effectively, w/o medicine.

To argue that it's any other case is sorta weird.

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I don't think "disorder" and "collection of personality traits" are mutually exclusive terms.

I guess to be more specific: I don't think this should be treated as a medical condition. I'm in the Temple Grandin camp of neurodiversity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurodiversity

I agree with you. I don't think just because one's trait isn't optimal to the modern environment it should be as a mental disorder and try fixing by medication.

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