Question: Hi! Can you grow out of ADHD? When I was a child I was told by my psychiatrist that eventually (around 22-25) I'd "catch up" with the other people in the ability to pay attention but I still feel like I'm behind everyone else.
Answer: You psychiatrist is partly correct.  Some, but not all youth with ADHD remit their symptoms of ADHD.  When I reviewed relevant studies, I concluded that about one-third of kids with ADHD will show no symptoms or impairments of ADHD in adulthood.    Most kids with ADHD continue to have the disorder in adulthood.
  
  You can find references in the International Consensus Statement on ADHD: [https://bit.ly/35ZVUR7](https://bit.ly/35ZVUR7)
content: Q: Hi! Can you grow out of ADHD? When I was a child I was told by my psychiatrist that eventually (around 22-25) I'd "catch up" with the other people in the ability to pay attention but I still feel like I'm behind everyone else.
   Ans: You psychiatrist is partly correct.  Some, but not all youth with ADHD remit their symptoms of ADHD.  When I reviewed relevant studies, I concluded that about one-third of kids with ADHD will show no symptoms or impairments of ADHD in adulthood.    Most kids with ADHD continue to have the disorder in adulthood.
  
  You can find references in the International Consensus Statement on ADHD: [https://bit.ly/35ZVUR7](https://bit.ly/35ZVUR7)