I've made a lot of money because of hyperfocus.

On the other hand, i can forget to brush my teeth

The prevalence among those with doctoral level training is incredibly high--whether it be male or female, MDs, DVMs, DDS, JDs (attorneys), PhDs and others I may have overlooked. They don't get diagnosed until later in life when the coping skills they used when younger cease to be enough with the fatigue that comes with age and busy life. Those early coping mechanisms included the ability to get by on little sleep, semi/photographic memory that allowed for the ability to digest tons of pages of written material in school, the ability to hyperfocus when necessary albeit lots of distractions/multitasking otherwise, lots of caffeine/nicotine (in lieu of adderall or other amphetamine type ADD drugs), etc.

When they do get diagnosed in mid-life, a real lightbulb goes off, but as he said, more stress, but the patterns tend to stay the same.

All those ADD abilities - ability to digest vast quantities of information, photographic memory, hyperfocus etc - helped me a lot in my academic and professional life but boy, it was exhausting to live like that. Finally diagnosed in late middle age, close to retirement so a bit late to the party. Yes, the patterns repeat but now I have tools and know what I am dealing with. In any case, I can attest to what you and the article are saying!

(self diagnosed)

Created by Patrick McKenna... of the old RED GREEN show.