ADHD

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I am fourteen years old, and was diagnosed with inattentive ADD within the past year. Usually ADD is accompanied by learning disabilities; this was not the case for me. I had an I.Q. of 134 at age 14. Several things contributed to the delayed diagnosis of ADD for me, including the fact that I am a girl. ADD is harder to diagnose in girls, because they have a much smaller chance of having the more noticeable ADD with hyperactivity (ADHD). It is more common for girls than it is for boys to try to ...Read the full article