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I couldn't find the journal article, but there was one that came out today that said there is a type of neurodevelopmental disorder that has profound ADHD symptoms that emerge in later childhood:
http://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/news/...ar-in-young-adulthood-for-some-study-suggests
I think this is interesting and might also paint differently the population of college students who are sometimes viewed suspiciously when presenting with ADHD symptoms.
I still have a pet theory that I was misdiagnosed with panic disorder instead of ADHD (granted, I had background anxiety and OCD in particular from a very young age—but I wasn't nonfunctional until a very specific turning point). I think I could compensate for potential ADHD with a moderately high level of intelligence until I started college courses in 9th grade. Panic attacks don't come on and end with a particularly difficult class on a daily basis like clockwork. I think it was the higher and more complicated level of stimulus I was required to take in that led to me just . . . flailing and not being able to function.
http://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/news/...ar-in-young-adulthood-for-some-study-suggests
I think this is interesting and might also paint differently the population of college students who are sometimes viewed suspiciously when presenting with ADHD symptoms.
I still have a pet theory that I was misdiagnosed with panic disorder instead of ADHD (granted, I had background anxiety and OCD in particular from a very young age—but I wasn't nonfunctional until a very specific turning point). I think I could compensate for potential ADHD with a moderately high level of intelligence until I started college courses in 9th grade. Panic attacks don't come on and end with a particularly difficult class on a daily basis like clockwork. I think it was the higher and more complicated level of stimulus I was required to take in that led to me just . . . flailing and not being able to function.