“My brain has way too many tabs open.”

“Why can’t I complete tasks?”

“Why do I lose track of time?”

“Why can’t I pay attention?”

These are all things people with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, may ask themselves daily, if not hourly.

As a family nurse practitioner in primary care^[1], I have diagnosed and treated numerous patients with ADHD. I was also diagnosed with it at the age of...