I was diagnosed at a young age. I certainly believe that I was posing a problem in the classroom, right? For my, I was a smart kid. They bumped me up a year because they thought I was impulsive and I was like causing disruption in the classroom. And now again, I'm an adult. I'm coping fine. And I don't think there was anything wrong with me then either. So maybe being extremely male, analytic and focused and maybe not as caring about relationships or as attuned to them, isn't an illness, it's just a set of traits. Maybe under certain circumstances, and there's a lot of great work in the disability community now about getting
Ever since he was diagnosed as a kid, Adam has wondered if ADHD is a serious psychological condition, or a false diagnosis pushed by an overzealous industry. This week Dr. Stephen Hinshaw, Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley is on the show to help answer these questions. You can check out his book The ADHD Explosion: Myths, Medication, Money, and Today's Push for Performance at factuallypod.com/books.
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