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For many years, when people thought of AD/HD, the picture that came to mind was of a hyperactive, troublemaking little boy, running around causing a lot of problems and was identified with these overt behaviors: not being able to pay attention, having an overactive activity level, and impulsively acting out. These disruptive behaviors were impossible to miss. In reality, AD/HD has many more dimensions than this common stereotyped picture.

We used to believe that children with these behaviors outgrew their AD/HD when they became adults. However, we eventually learned that a large percentage of them continued to struggle as adults even though their hyperactivity diminished. Even though their difficulties were often less visible as adults, their poorly regulated attentional system caused them just as many perplexing and frustrating problems. Since the first edition of this book, we have become more aware of another group of adults with AD/HD who never were hyperactive. These people, largely consisting of women, continue to be under identified in childhood and often remain undiagnosed as adults.