For those with ADHD as an adult, it doesn’t go away. According to the National Comorbidity Survey Replication study published 2006, of those with adult ADHD, 75% were not diagnosed as children.
In my practice it is not uncommon for patients over age 50 to be newly diagnosed. I provided my ... Read More
Tag: adult ADHD development
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Jan2012
ADHD (or ADD without the H) is a disorder whose symptoms start in childhood. Two of three of these children will continue to have symptoms to an impairing degree beyond age 18 . Of the adults with ADHD who are diagnosed in adulthood, only 25% were ever diagnosed as a ... Read More
January 16, 2012David W. Goodman, MD