@stuckonu I think the rise of ADD is primarily due to it being recognized now. When my son was a toddler he was very active, impulsive, and often inattentive. When I started reading up on this I realized that I had ADHD! When I was a student I was labeled as lazy and as being an “underachiever” because my IQ and other aptitude tests showed intelligence far beyond my performance. I struggled a lot. Large lecture halls in college put me to sleep, literally, so I made sure my son and daughter, who also has ADD went to smaller colleges where classes would be more interactive. I became pretty knowledgeable about both forms of ADD. Neither my son or daughter were medicated. My son’s grades suffered tremendously but he has excelled in life. My daughter’s grades also suffered but not as severely. She is extremely bright and taught herself compensatory methods when studying. She still drifts off, typical of female ADD and that has caused her to lose many things over time.
Both of them are fairly classic.
JK