Attention‐Deficit/hyperactivity disorder and centralized pain: A review of the case of John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK), the 35th President of the USA, had chronic low back pain deemed to be centralized pain. Reportedly, attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) could associate with centralized pain. Based on his biographies, JFK could have had ADHD, a plausible cause of pain that afflicted him. Patients who tend to be hyperactive, like JFK, have centralized pain, such as chronic low back pain, and may also have comorbid ADHD. Clinicians should screen for ADHD because chronic centralized pain can improve with ADHD medications.