Ray D'Arcy

5% or 1 in 20 children have had an ADHD diagnosis.

That's 60,000.

So all told there,

You have about half a million people in Ireland who are affected by ADHD.

And of course, there's the knock-on effect of the condition on their families.

Now, it's not often that you get to hear from someone who knows the facts about something like ADHD, but who also has lived experience.

Well, Colman Nocter is one such person.

Coleman was diagnosed with ADHD 18 years ago, and he only recently shared his story in his column in The Examiner.

In this podcast, he talks us through his experience of having ADHD and treating people with ADHD.

And of course, the great thing about a podcast is we were able to take our time and tease out the details of Coleman's ADHD.

I hope you find it informative and helpful.

So, Colman Octor is a psychoanalyst who specialises with children and adolescents and young adults.

And today's chat with Colman is a little bit different in that a few weeks ago, he was speaking on a podcast with Jen Hogan for the Irish Times.

And in that podcast, he mentioned that he had ADHD.

It was with regard to the fact that his daughter has ADHD as well.

And as a result of that, Coleman was asked to write an article for The Examiner, which he did on ADHD and his diagnosis.

And he got a huge reaction to that.

And in the article, he says he doesn't want to become a poster boy for ADHD.

And he said that he was probably going to leave it there.

But I asked him, will he talk about it to me?