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Haber, now retired, had always been disorganized. His life was full of clutter. He had trouble managing everyday tasks and meeting deadlines. "I would ask myself, 'Am I lazy?'" he says. Then a diagnostic workup revealed that Haber has ADD (also known as ADHD, or attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder). Now he's treating it. He takes the stimulant Ritalin to help him focus, and he sometimes consults with an ADD coach, who helps him keep the clutter...
...John Ratey, co-author of the landmark Driven to Distraction, says seniors are often referred by their children in a "stair-step" sequence--first the grandchild is found to have ADD, then the parent and finally Grandma or Grandpa. Recalls Virginia Cooper, 73, who has a grandchild with ADHD: "My daughter said, 'Mother, I think you've got it.' And I said, 'Don't be ridiculous.' But then I read about it and realized that maybe she was right. I've always been distracted. I cannot stick to one thing. It's like somebody's changing channels in my brain...
...billion Annual household income lost in the U.S. due to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a Harvard study...
...Lawrence, however, this isn’t all fun and games. “I have serious ADHD,” he says, as well as a form of reading comprehension dyslexia. The elevator is like a stimulation/isolation chamber for him. “Sometimes,” Kaplanis says, “he gets really hyperactive,” which is why when people get on and off the elevator, Lawrence does not acknowledge them, but merely keeps his head in his books and his iPod in his ears, listening to a playlist which alternates between Jimi Hendrix...
...junior who said he took dextroamphetamines to get through exam period last spring said he would probably be diagnosed with ADHD if he were tested—and that his family has a history of using stimulants to study...