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Our May 2006 Presentation
ATTENTION-DEFICIT & AGING: When ADD Meets AARP
PRESENTER: Julia Samton, MD, clinical and research neurologist,
DATE: May 18, 2006

TIME: 6:30pm to 9pm

LOCATION: Congregation Ansche Chesed
251 West 100th Street (at West End Avenue)

SPEAKER: Julia Samton, MD

TOPIC: ATTENTION-DEFICIT AGING: WHEN ADD MEETS AARP


The classic perception of ADD derives from one core image: the 8-year-old boy who can't sit still in the classroom.

Of late, other story lines have emerged: that ADD doesn't stop at the school door; that it's not confined to boys; and that not all who have it possess more energy than they know what to do with. And: that it can outlast childhood.

Time marches on, raising the question: what happens next? What will my "adult ADD" look like 20 or 40 years down the road? Will my situation continue much as it has? Should I expect a reduction in my symptoms? Or will they get worse? Or perhaps they'll remain at roughly the same level, while my coping skills head south -- or north? In the coming years, we may find examples of each of these scenarios.*

Because the issue is so new, and so fluid, how older ADD is perceived will depend in part in how ADDers describe their passages through middle age and beyond. For this reason, MAADDSG is sponsoring a town meeting on this topic, which all are invited to join.

Dr. Julia Samton Lead our discussion.  Dr. Samton is a graduate of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and has served on the faculty of Weill-Cornell Medical College in Manhattan while practicing also in White Plains. Besides ADD, her interests include: the origins of Parkinson's Disease and multiple sclerosis; the treatment of headaches; the impact of aging on executive functioning; and the association between psychological depression and cardiovascular disease.

It was her first time appearing before our support group. We extend a warm invitation for her to return anytime her schedule permits, and we have a slot open.

* For an introduction, see the piece in Time (www.maaddsg.org/news_11_07_05.htm) by Lois Gilman.

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