Dr. Russell Barkley

And he freaks out, okay?

So you see what I mean?

He's questioning his memory, his forgetfulness, because it's happened before, you know?

These are the people who get out of the car and leave the car seat on top of the car and walk into work and it's like, wait a second, right?

Your kid's on top of the car, right?

So...

Because they're just so distracted by everything going on around them that, you know, as I say, the now pulls them along by the nose.

And so that's a lot different than somebody with a legitimate anxiety disorder.

But understand that by the time you're in midlife, the two disorders go together more than we like to think.

Yes, it's getting better.

But I have to tell you that girls were the silent majority for many years.

Back in the day when I came in, it was six to seven boys referred for every girl.

That's now fallen down to about three to one, which is about the legitimate sex ratio.

The disorder is more common in little boys than little girls.

But having said that, right,

Girls were not getting referred even when they had legitimate disorder.

There are various sociological reasons for that that we don't need to go into because people might find them, although they're factual, they're offensive.

People worry more about their sons and their daughters because the bottom line is you can always marry your daughter off, but your son has got to become independent.

Now, life has changed.

I'm speaking back in the 60s and 70s when that was clearly the case.