Call it what you like – ADD, ADHD, AD/HD, Attention Deficit Disorder (with or without hyperactivity) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. This condition, by any name, gets the majority of its ‘press’ from in the public arena — failure at school or work. But that’s just its outward face. At least for adults, the really insidious stuff often occurs in the private sphere. As a result, many adults who suspect that they have the condition fail to get treatment; they figure if it’s not affecting their job so the problem cannot be ADHD. That’s not just wrong, it’s also a cause of preventable misery.

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