Children with ADHD: What do we think of? Getting into trouble. Neverending hyperactivity. Ongoing inattentiveness. Childhood symptoms of ADHD are often identified by those things. Add poor grades and bad behavior and you have most people’s picture of how things go. The question is, “Do things ever get better? Perhaps, with age. Until the 1990s,…
Category: Adults
ADHD in Adults: There are millions!
About 4% to 5% of adults have ADHD. That translates to 10 million. Some say that adults with ADHD can determine their diagnosis. Few are treated. ADHD is known as a childhood disorder. Some outgrow it, but more than 60% still show symptoms as adults. In contrast, if you have it as an adult you…