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Attitudes can be positive and negative but how do stereotypes affect those with ADHD?

After years of being told she suffered with anxiety, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ reporter Patrycja Boryka is convinced she actually has ADHD. She has begun a journey of understanding the condition, through a series of conversations with others, while on the waiting list for an official diagnosis.
How do negative stereotypes affect those with the condition? Dr David Smart, a retired GP from Northampton, shares how he had no idea he had ADHD until he stopped working. Bex was eventually diagnosed in her 20s but felt repeatedly dismissed.
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