What is a “mental disorder”? Where is the line that separates an inconsistent personality, maybe a creative genius who is also socially awkward, from a clinical condition that may need medical intervention?
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You do not live for 40+ years without knowing a thing or two about your own self. So, when few months ago my psychiatrist told me, after several hour-long sessions of mostly me talking and him listening, that I have been living my entire life with ADD, it merely confirmed what I had suspected for some time.
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My life is a story of two contrasting worlds. To the others I am a scientist working in a top US university. But my private world is shaped by a lifelong struggle with ADD that I was born with, but did not know about until I was past 40. Here I present a unique perspective on adult ADD/ ADHD, drawing from the lessons of my own life and an extensive research on the subject. More >>
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