Using a fan to sleep at night..... | ADHD Information

My son and myself are ADD.  When we would talk with people he went to school with, (He goes away to high school) we found out that other kids needed fans to sleep. (Constant hum of the fan)  In talking to the parents they would say that thier child couldn't sleep with out the stimulation of the fan.    Anyone else need that??

Now the good things from ADD.   My son started playing the Church Organ when he waws about 4 years old.  As he grew up teachers would take him to the Church part of his school and let him mess around on the organ.  Well as we know when he can focus, he can focus.  He is now 17 yrs old and plays every Sunday at different churches around our city and is booked till Christmas.  (Now he can't tell you if he has an algebra test on Thursday, but can he play the organ)

Once we dropped him off at a Cathedral in the city for him to play. We came back to pick him up, we snuck into the balcony.  He finished by playing, LOUDLY, vidor's tecata, They gave him a stnding ovation. I nudged my wife and said "Does Algebra really matter when he can bring this much joy to people?"

He also produces Electronic Music (Tecno/Trance).  He signed a record contract in December and is known around the world for his work.  He can sit at the computer for 18 hours a day creating music...THUMP.THUMP.THUMP...

So College may not be for him, but he has a passion and hopefully he can turn his likes into a real business some day.

 

Just rambling...Gotta go

Wow! and I struggle to pick out a tune on my keyboard. It takes two hands to play a one handed part!

It sounds like he found his niche! I am very impressed! If you've read the posts here, you will find that many ADHD people are creative and artistic. Its wonderful that he has found something he is truly good at and loves to do.

If he is going to make a living at it, he will have to have a fundamental knowledge of math, at a minimum, to keep an eye on the books. Even if he hires someone to keep them, he needs to know enough to look them over and be sure they are being done right. Think of all the stars who have either been swindled or ended up owing the IRS millions because they trusted the wrong person with their money.

It sure sounds like he has the talent to make a career of it!

Hi gotta go, I have found that I needed to have a fan or airconditioner on when id be very stressed and it got to be a habbit recently because it is louder that the voices in my head .  But its getting cold now, 1c the other night, soi dont put it on now. Im still finding it hard to get to sleep but im not freezing anymore, lol.