Sherry and Rob talk about ADD/ADHD and its prevalence in the founder community. They help inform people on what it looks it and when its considered a disorder versus just a behavioral profile.

ADD Symptoms:

Careless mistakes, difficulty attending to details

Problems with sustained attention

Difficulty following through on instructions

Does not seem to listen

Difficulty organizing tasks

Often loses things

Forgetful in daily activities

ADHD Symptoms:

Fidgets

Leaves seat in situations where remaining in seat is expected

Restless movement

Difficulty being quiet

“On the go” “driven by a motor”

Talks excessively

Blurts out an answer before a question has been completed

Difficulty taking turns

Often interrupts or intrudes on others

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Episode Transcript

Sherry Walling:

How are you doing? How’s your Monday treating you?

Rob Walling:

So far, so good.

Sherry Walling:

Despite starting the day with water dripping down the ceiling of our kitchen?

Rob Walling:

Yeah.

Sherry Walling:

Or pouring. Pouring, I should say.

Rob Walling:

Out of a light, a can light. It was just coming right between the bulb, so you’re waiting for something to start sparking but it never did. Yeah. There was that. There was dropping of my car at the mechanic to get the side mirror fixed because it got smacked by a car when it was parked on the street. And then so far, so good today with our email queues. Monday mornings are always the trickiest days because a lot of sending happens, and so far we’re holding up well. So some pluses and some minuses, I’d say.

Sherry Walling:

Hey. Good deal, man. At least no one was injured in the kitchen flood of 2017.

Rob Walling:

I know. And the nice part is I walk in the door from dropping one of our kids off at essentially science, math … it’s like a STEM program before school. And I walk back in, and you’re at yoga, and our six-year-old who was here with your parents, but he had seen the water come down and had grabbed a bowl and had put it underneath it. And I was really proud of him for his kind of quick thinking and doing the right thing. He didn’t just let water pour all over the wood floor. It’s pretty cool.

Sherry Walling:

He’s a smart kid. I think we should keep him.

Rob Walling:

Yeah. Indeed.

Sherry Walling:

So I thought we might talk about ADHD today. How do you feel about that?