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Without medication it is really frustrating. I am an adult and in a learning environment I may lose attention all together or hyper focus on a single element and miss the entire lesson. Interacting in a social or professional environment is always awkward someone with ADD either is obsessed with doing all the right things to the point of being unreasonably self critical or they have absolutely no clue how their behavior is affecting others opinion of them.
I have completed several years of cognitive behavioral therapy that gave me tools to navigate social and professional situations but I generally don't start using these tools until after I realize that I put my foot in my mouth or offend someone.
If ADD was not treated as a young person the individual has probably been affected deeply by negative life experiences and medication is generally the best answer but CBT offers excellent tools for augmenting medication.
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