After deciding to get help for alcoholism about four years ago, and finding out that I also had depression, I recently (3 months ago) was diagnosed also with adult ADD. Treating my depression has been futile over the last 3 years of trying to do so, but I finally feel like my doctor may be on to something. The more I research ADD, it is hard for me to understand how it took so long for the diagnosis to be given to me! Is this normal for ADD diagnosis, especially in adults? I know I never considered it since I really had only heard of ADD as a child's diagnosis when kids who were hyper and couldn't concentrate in school, so it was odd at first when my doctor said I may have ADD, but like I said before the more I learn about ADD, the more dead on the diagnosis seems to be! Any thoughts? Thanks.