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A person with ADHD exists in a broader social, economic, genetic context.

Having a high IQ, being economically privileged, very good looking,is going to change the impact ADHD has on someone.

Also, its widely agreed that ADHD is over diagnosed.

Keep those points in mind when reading accounts like these.

>Having a high IQ, being economically privileged, very good looking,is going to change the impact ADHD has on someone.

In my case it meant staying out of jail, managing to graduate college and getting a career I could thrive in. Still... serious downsides along the way and always a struggle to hold it all together.

> Also, its widely agreed that ADHD is over diagnosed.

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