ADHD GROWS UP
Added
March-2004
As a child, Felice was always bothered by the sound of a clock ticking. It
would distract her so much that she could barely concentrate on other tasks
at hand. "I would miss a lot because I was paying attention to the wrong
things," she said.
"It was like someone always tapping on my shoulder." And that tapper
never left her side, into graduate school and beyond. Ten years ago, she was
diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and today, she uses
a story about cookbooks to describe life before and after.
"I once had 400 or more cookbooks," said Felice, 56, who lives in
Manhattan and asked that her last name not be used. "People knew I loved
to cook, so everyone always gave me cookbooks." When she would move,
she'd pack up all the cookbooks, even those she hadn't glanced at, "just
in case." ...
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