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The symptoms usually start appearing when the child is about three to four years of age although the diagnosis is usually made only quite a bit later. In my experience there has been a dramatic increase in diagnoses among children in Grade R. However, diagnosis often only occurs in Grade 3. And I still come across high school learners and adults with ADHD who have never been diagnosed. Personally I think that a diagnosis before six years of age may be unreliable, because ADHD symptoms are difficult to distinguish from normal age-appropriate behaviour at that stage. In extreme cases an earlier diagnosis may be possible, however.