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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Rosaleen Fenton

'I’ve finally been diagnosed with ADHD as an adult and everything finally makes sense'

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is more common in children but it also affect at least 1.5 million adults in the UK. Charities say women are less likely to seek treatment..

Writer Simone O'Kane, 38, has shared her experience of being diagnosed as an adult.

She writes: "At the start of the pandemic, my world had been turned upside down. I lived alone for the first time in my life and was trying my best to keep afloat but knew I wasn’t coping like I should.

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