Neuroscientist says children are being 'labelled' as having ADHD when there could be other reasons f

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I've seen people with actual ADHD, and its INCREDIBLY obvious, that being said, both ADD and ADHD way too over diagnosed. Both are quite real, but no where near as common as they are made out to be.

[editline]30th March 2014[/editline]

[QUOTE=meek;44407709]This makes sense. I'm on Concerta and I have ADHD like symptoms but they are actually caused by something deeper (BPD in my case), I think that's the sort of thing being described here.[/QUOTE]

Perfect example here. Another thing that can cause someone to think ADD is partial deafness. Sure the kid can hear you perfectly fine 1 to 1, but can't hear a teacher standing in front of a class.