Can You Outgrow ADHD? | ADHD in Children
Does ADHD ever just go away? Does it lessen with age? Hear from our expert, Dr. Tom Brown, on ADHD in children, ADHD in adulthood and what you can expect in between.
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[Does ADHD Ever Just Go Away?] [Understood, for learning and attention issues][Thomas E. Brown, Ph.D. - Associate Director, Yale Clinic for Attention and Related Disorders] Years ago people used to believethat ADHD just went awaywhen you got to be about 12 or 14 years old.And the reason for that isthat often those who are hyperactivetend to get less hyperactive as they get a little bit older.But what we now know isthat ADHD is not primarily about being hyperactive.Some people who have ADHD have never been hyperactive,and even for those who have been hyper,usually that's the least of it.It's the attention problems that make the most difficultyfor most people with ADHD.And what we now know isthat those problems with attentionoften get more difficult as you get a little bit older.Mos...
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[Does ADHD Ever Just Go Away?] [Understood, for learning and attention issues][Thomas E. Brown, Ph.D. - Associate Director, Yale Clinic for Attention and Related Disorders] Years ago people used to believethat ADHD just went awaywhen you got to be about 12 or 14 years old.And the reason for that isthat often those who are hyperactivetend to get less hyperactive as they get a little bit older.But what we now know isthat ADHD is not primarily about being hyperactive.Some people who have ADHD have never been hyperactive,and even for those who have been hyper,usually that's the least of it.It's the attention problems that make the most difficultyfor most people with ADHD.And what we now know isthat those problems with attentionoften get more difficult as you get a little bit older.Mos...
