Thursday, February 24, 2011

The Ups and Downs of A.D.H.D.
February 23, 2011, 12:23 pm


Is there an upside to A.D.H.D.? Are certain careers more suited to the person with attention deficits than others? How does someone with A.D.H.D. deal with the daily ups and downs of the disorder? These are among the questions recently posed by readers of the Consults blog. Here, Dr. Russell Barkley, clinical professor of psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina, responds.

Q. Perhaps most frustrating to me is that some days I am completely “on” and “in the zone,” whereas other days, I can’t even buy my own attention, let alone anyone else’s. Are such drastic fluctuations common in A.D.D/A.D.H.D. patients?

Read Dr. Barkley's response and the rest of the article here.

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