ADHD in Adults: The 60% Reality

Logosofia no Dia a Dia · May 10, 2026 · 31m

When Daniel got diagnosed with ADHD in his thirties, he walked into online support communities expecting to find his people. Instead, he found spaces designed for parents of children—with an undercurrent of assumption that ADHD is something kids mostly outgrow. But the research tells a very different story. The MTA study found that ~60% of children with ADHD still meet full diagnostic criteria as adults, and when you account for functional impairment, that number climbs to 80-90%. In this episode, we break down the longitudinal data, the neurobiology of persistent ADHD (including the default…