Are there any scientists on the forum? I am going to be defending my dissertation this semester, and I have realized, almost too late, how much my ADD is affecting the way I write. All of my advisor's comments seem to boil down to attention to detail: forgetting to define terms in an equation, for example, and not going into enough detail in the discussion or analysis or interpretation of results. I also think I was impulsive in when I gave my most recent paper/dissertation chapter to my advisor.

I suppose I had been trying to deny my ADD somewhere deep in my mind, but I can now see that I cannot rely on the power of my intellect to make up the slack when trying to write at this level.

The problem is that I'm not sure what I need to do to help myself, other than recruiting someone to review my papers before I give them to my advisor. Can anyone offer tips or advice?

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