This is also one area in which people can be very judgmental due to lack of understanding. Unfortunately, what tends to happen is that schoolwork and chores are left unfinished, while hour upon hour slips away with things like television and video gaming. Channeled appropriately, these kids can accomplish amazing things by hyper-focusing. The ability to hyper-focus on a project can be an asset for ADHD kids (and adults). There’s nothing inherently wrong with a child focusing for 2 hours on a Lego-building project, except that he has now seemingly disobeyed your instruction and has not been productive in completing his chores. Instead, you find his room still a mess, and your child in the midst of building the most amazing Lego creation. After a couple of hours, you haven’t heard anything from him and head to his room, expecting to find the chore well on its way to completion. This is something he finds boring and uninteresting (who doesn’t, right?).

You child is assigned the chore of cleaning his room.

This chemical imbalance is what makes it difficult for these kids to shift gears and stay connected with tasks they find boring or uninteresting. Strangely enough, both lack of focus and hyper-focus are likely caused by the same chemical issue - low levels of the neurotransmitter, dopamine.

Hyper-focus is the ability to focus so intently on something that hours pass by into oblivion. On the flip side of the coin that lacks focus is the side that is brandished with something called hyper-focus.

Hyperfocus