ADHD isn't just for kids anymore these days adults are being diagnosed with it in record numbers. New data released from Medco Health Solutions, a pharmacy benefits manager, indicates that about 1.5 million adults between the ages of 20 and 64 are currently taking medication to treat attention problems, up from 758,000 in 2000and most of them were diagnosed well into adulthood. While there are still more kids taking ADHD medicationabout 3.5 million. Dr. David Goodman, director of the Adult Attention Deficit Disorder Center in Baltimore, expects the number of adults taking the drugs to continue to rise. Many adults who for years have been called lazy, crazy or stupid, ... are realizing the problem may be in their brain.
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