The Unacceptable Cost of ADHD

There are an estimated eight to ten million people who have ADHD, yet are undiagnosed. I don’t know about you, but for me, that is simply unacceptable. Imagine for a moment that all these people were concentrated in one city such as New York which has roughly the same population. If you could be a fly on the wall there, what kind of scenarios do you imagine you would see in the homes, schools, and the workplaces there?

Now, put on your social worker hat. What kinds of problems with relationships are going on in this hypothetical city? What is the divorce rate? Is crime out of control? Are the jails and prisons bursting at the seams? How badly is the mental health infrastructure strained?

Let’s take a stroll down Wall Street. What kind of financial and economic ruin would you see? How much more poverty and hopelessness would there be? What would be the effect on the economy?

Sadly, this scenario is real. The only difference is the undiagnosed ADHD population is spread out rather than concentrated in one city. They go unnoticed, or worse, misunderstood. The destruction all around them is tangible. The good news is: ADHD, once diagnosed and treated, can be managed, reducing its negative impact significantly. Only then can the positive traits can finally shine. And shine they often do. Many of our greatest entrepreneurs, artists and leaders have ADHD.

Whether you have ADHD, know someone with it, or you are a healthcare professional dealing with ADHD patients, we all want to reach out and help these people who don’t know what they are fighting yet. To do that we need to refocus on the basics… instead of adding to the confusion and myths already out there, like Big Pharma invented ADHD drugs (they did’nt) or fad treatments being promoted by online marketers who know nothing about what they are selling. I think we can all agree that our first priority should be helping the ten million to recognize they have ADHD.

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