Why are more adults being diagnosed with ADD?

There's been an explosion of diagnosis of attention deficit disorder (ADD) in adults. Current estimates show that approximately four million adults have been diagnosed with ADD. One reason for the increase is that, as rates of diagnosis in children increase, many parents recognize similar symptoms in themselves and seek diagnosis and treatment.

Anecdotally, many adults who have found their way to diagnosis through their kids have told me that they were able to get through school in their day because teachers were willing to let them proceed without too much fuss. There is a concern that the pressure to raise scores on standardized tests has made today's school system overly rigid, and in doing so, made school much more difficult for kids with ADD. Many parents think that in previous eras the demands of school weren't as crippling as they are now.

This may explain, in part, these late diagnoses of ADD. Anecdotally, some prescribing doctors have observed that treating a parent can dramatically impact a child's ADD symptoms. This may make doctors more likely to urge parents of ADD children to seek diagnosis themselves.

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