[Aimahn]

I remember back when I was first diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder I went on a rampage to try and learn everything I could on the topic and was especially interested when I stumbled upon this. I think for me personally I have extremely low latent inhibition I constantly am tuned in and aware of all the conversations that are going on around me, my own wandering mind, people i'm speaking to, and also to the main object I'm focusing on(teacher, hw, comp whatever).

Before I was diagnosed this would absolutely bog me down and I felt like I could only tune into snippets of disparate information at a time and then theorize at a comparatively low level with little clarity. I think it was one of the reasons that I loved listening to music, watching Tv, or playing video games because I could sort of transpose that Latent Inhibition on to that object and be sufficiently interested. In terms of sitting down and doing homework, reading or studying that was an impossibility unless I was intensely interested in the subject because environmentally everything else was more interesting.

I think as I've gotten accustomed to and acquainted with the effects and implications of my treatment I've been able to harness some of my strengths to a much more fruitful degree. I would always test well and could converse intelligently but in terms of output and showing it in a more academic/work environment I was helpless, my intelligence compensated for this inability to a great degree. I've found out now that I have a pretty good ability to sort of cross reference past experiences and thoughts to novel situations to a good degree. I think I'm a lot more able to sort of reconstruct and understand the intricacies of seemingly simple things.

I remember recently I had a particularly long conversation about Information Technology, HMO's, Doctors, Pharmacies and patients all spurred on by a simple inquisition about how price scanners are structured in an IT aspect. I admittedly knew pretty much nil before I got into the conversation but somehow I was able to visualize to a surprisingly detailed degree the essence of my moms past job(Computer programmer for Blue Shield) and her complaints about the whole system, I must add her expertize was at hand in giving me such great insights.

To sort of wrap up that long winded post I think that low levels coupled with moderate intelligence allows you to see situations from multiple aspects and with an inquisitive mindset allows you to sort of logically deduce and create a re-representation to a greater degree than those who have higher levels. I think the types of people that don't see as many barriers in things and have a sense that everything is somehow intertwined would be the ones classified as having low levels of latent inhibition and high levels of creativity.