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Re:Overselling A.D.H.D. by falcolas on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @01:48PM (#12345737)
The two biggest factors that I can come up with would be the lack of ability to control attention, and the inability to consider the long term repercussions of actions.

If you can't force yourself to keep attention on the road, you're going to crash. If you can't think about how that daily pint of ice cream will affect you beyond "it tastes good now", you're going to gain weight.

Re:Overselling A.D.H.D. by tstrimple on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @03:16PM (#12346623)
And when your eyes continuously glaze over when your wife is talking to you, it can lead to marriage difficulties.
Re:Overselling A.D.H.D. by falcolas on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @03:37PM (#12346801)
Sorry, sweetie, what were you saying?

Heh, yeah. I've said that a few too many times. I'm just glad she understands.