ADHD NO LONGER JUST FOR KIDS
Added
March-2004
Does it take you longer to a finish a project than your spouse or friends?
Do you constantly start tasks but don't finish them because you're off to
the next thing? You could have adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Until recently, doctors didn't realize this well-recognized childhood condition
could persist into adulthood. Lewis Batcher is a successful computer science
programmer, but he's struggled to keep his work and home life organized. "What
ends up happening is you complete a project 75 percent through and then you
decide you are going to go do something else," Batcher said.
Instead of concentrating on a meeting, other thoughts would invade Batcher's
mind. "I would be thinking about NASCAR racing or my kids or something
else and then i would have to bring myself back to what the meeting was about,"
he said ...
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