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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I dunno anything about this.

I'm severely ADHD and have a fairly thriving social life.  About as good as it gets.  I get complimented on my social/people skills often and have often worked in sales jobs.  I find my ADHD was an advantage and most of my more popular friends have ADD or ADHD

So... I can't tell you.  But practice and socializing will help any kid get better at social situations, if you're worried about that for your own child [/quote]

[b]LOL!  Same here.  I have ADHD and had a very busy social life when I was younger and single, jet setting socialite caliber.  I was "charming", "bubbly" and "vivacious"  all of which I realize now is part of my ADHD.[/b]

When I was a kid, the emotional meltdowns and the impulsivity was a problem like the pp describes.  It's mostly about learning to channel the energy and making myself to be on time and act like a responsible adult that came with maturity that's helped the most.[/quote]

That's exactly it!  I am the PP and when the other PP posted, I was reminded of getting in trouble when I was little for talking too much in class, because of the impulsivity.  Or sometimes misreading when people were upset because in my mind everything was cool, and I was a fairly easygoing child, so it was hard for me to imagine why, say, someone would be upset because they were scared of a dog, or whatever else

But all those things have served me in such good stead as an adult.  The curiousness of people with ADHD, the adventurousness and easygoingness- that equates to popular as soon as you hit adulthood.  Most of the most popular people, men and women, I have known have some kind of ADD.

So OP, if it's any consolation, most ADHD people I know have grown up to be very socially well adapted adults.  Maybe a few bumps in the road, but nothing crazy or outside what normal kids go through as you learn to socialize and empathize and all that good stuff. [/quote]

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