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Article: Sidelined by a syndrome? See Dee Dee
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- June 19, 1995
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EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE suffering from a syndrome these days,
including Dee Dee, our all-purpose advice columnist, who for years
has been afflicted by a condition only recently recognized: Attention
Deficit Syndrome.
It should come as no surprise to Dee Dee's regular readers that
ADS is characterized by a pathological craving for attention. Dee
Dee would like to point out that ADS should not be confused with ADD,
Attention Deficit Disorder, long linked to hyperactivity in children
and more recently acknowledged as afflicting adults, some of whom
seem to be blaming it for everything from choosing the wrong shade of
pantyhose to voting for Bill Clinton in the last election.
Dee Dee thinks she ...