2007-09-11 03:46:38 · 6 answers · asked by Sophie 3 in Health ➔ Mental Health
Yes. ADD and intellegence levels are not linked. You can be very very smart and lack the attention span to apply your intellegence. By controlling ADD, the intellegence that already exists is able to come out.
2007-09-11 03:49:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Of course! You are really asking if someone
can you have a mental illness and be intelligent?
Check this out!!! and really read through the list, you won't belive it!!! but you will be left with the answer to your question!
http://www.adhdrelief.com/famous.html
This page has been one of the most popular on One A.D.D. Place. We get many questions asking how various names got on the list. Although, not all these famous people have been "officially diagnosed," they have exhibited many of the signsof ADD, AD/HD & LD. The point of this list is to inspire those of us who have similar challenges. We thank the Kitty PettyADD/LD Institute for this valuable contribution to One A.D.D. Place.
Albert Einstein
Galileo
Mozart
Wright Brothers
Leonardo da Vinci
Cher
Bruce Jenner
Tom Cruise
Charles Schwab
Henry Winkler
Danny Glover
Walt Disney
John Lennon
Greg Louganis
Winston Churchill
Henry Ford
Stephen Hawkings
Jules Verne
Alexander Graham Bell
Woodrow Wilson
Hans Christian Anderson
Nelson Rockefeller
Thomas Edison
Gen. George Patton
Agatha Christie
John F. Kennedy
Whoopi Goldberg
Rodin
Thomas Thoreau
David H. Murdock
Dustin Hoffman
Pete Rose
Russell White
Jason Kidd
Russell Varian
Robin Williams
Louis Pasteur
Werner von Braun
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert Kennedy
Luci Baines Johnson Nugent
George Bush's children
Prince Charles
Gen. Westmoreland
Eddie Rickenbacker
Gregory Boyington
Harry Belafonte
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Mariel Hemingway
Steve McQueen
George C. Scott
Tom Smothers
Suzanne Somers
Lindsay Wagner
George Bernard Shaw
Beethoven
Carl Lewis
Jackie Stewart
"Magic" Johnson
Weyerhauser family
Wrigley
John Corcoran
Sylvester Stallone
2007-09-11 11:41:30 · answer #2 · answered by sophia_of_light 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, not very intelligent like a regular person is, but intuitive intelligent, which basically means that they develop the non/linear part of intelligence more, where you don't have to use logic as much.
2007-09-11 10:51:48 · answer #3 · answered by AMBER D 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Many people with emotional or mental illnesses are extremely intelligent... and very creative as well.
2007-09-11 10:50:25 · answer #4 · answered by letterstoheather 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Lincoln and Einestine both had ADD
2007-09-12 03:01:16 · answer #5 · answered by K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yesw and not only that, tests have shown that someone with ADD are more creative and artistic.
2007-09-11 12:01:41 · answer #6 · answered by babymonsterval 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋