"It is difficult to describe what a relief it was to receive a diagnosis that made all the pieces of my life’s behavioral and emotional challenges fall into place."
Reading the report cards from my elementary and middle school years in Oslo, Norway, where I grew up in the 1970s, was proof beyond doubt that I was a girl who had trouble following the rules.
“Nina interrupts.”
“Nina walks around in the classroom without permission.”
“Nina was sent to the principal’s office.”
“Nina disturbs other students.”
Rox was diagnosed with ADHD at 36 and says it led to a "much happier and nicer life".
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