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Russell Brown: My friends’ life-changing ADHD diagnoses as adults

By Russell Brown
New Zealand Listener·
17 mins to read

As an adult, getting a diagnosis of ADHD can be like opening a door and discovering why aspects of your life have been so hard. By Russell Brown.

OPINION: My 60th birthday party was in magnificent swing when my mate Steve turned to me, grinned and asked when we were going to get our ADHD diagnoses. It turned out to be a trick question: he’d already booked his consultation.

Like Steve, I’d been talking casually about having attention deficit disorder,

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