[Rudder]

...why ADHD is so pervasive and may show us a way to provide more effective treatments."

Once a normal and adaptive behavioral pattern, it now requires treatment.

We have come this far...

[Dialup Llama]

>Once a normal and adaptive behavioral pattern, it now requires treatment.

>We have come this far...

That is because normal today means sitting still in a frikkin cube for 9 to 10 hrs a day.

[a history buff]

Einstein had such problems with his attention that he flunked the entrance exam to study physics, and at one time gave up hope of ever being admitted to study at a university.

http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Einstein.html

I'm not sure that chemically intervening would have been in mankind's interest. I wonder how many latter day Einsteins have been ritalined into a "productive" life.