| It is a common belief that Attention Deficit Disorder or | | | | quickly. ADD adults also have negative feelings for |
| ADD outgrows with age. But some people carry their | | | | themselves, which may be the results of adverse |
| ADD in their adult years too. Usually, they realize this | | | | comments from others, unfinished tasks or broken |
| only when they visit a specialist to get their ADD child | | | | promises. They usually have a feeling of uncertainty |
| treated. While they are trying to understand the ADD | | | | and anxiety and even if they are successful in their |
| symptoms of their child, they notice that they | | | | field, they feel that they are good for nothing. Adult |
| themselves have similar symptoms. First of all, the | | | | people suffering from ADD are always on the look out |
| attention span of an adult suffering from ADD is very | | | | for high stimulus jobs like paragliding, gambling and risky |
| short. They get distracted very easily, unless they | | | | projects at office. They get easily embroiled in |
| have a lot of interest in the subject. These people | | | | arguments and waste a lot of time in fruitless tasks. |
| seem to be very irritating as they do not give attention | | | | But in order to put things in a positive light, we need to |
| to conversations and their mind wander off the topic | | | | know that great people like Leonardo Da Vinci, |
| every now and then. They also find it difficult to | | | | Churchill and Einstein were ADD adults. A large |
| understand directions and tend to keep things in wrong | | | | number of adults suffering from Attention Deficit |
| places frequently. | | | | Disorder are seen achieving great heights in their |
| People with Attention Deficit Disorder also feel restless | | | | particular field of interest. This is because of their ability |
| most of the time. They cannot sit at a place for long | | | | to get focused intensely on a task that has their |
| time and they keep moving their arms and legs and | | | | interest. Many high achievers in the field of medicine, |
| keep on fidgeting. These people are very poorly | | | | science, art and law were suffering from ADD. |
| organized and cannot stick to the schedules. Mostly, | | | | Most of the adults with Attention Deficit Disorder are |
| these people reach late to the office and never | | | | very compassionate but because they are not very |
| complete a work at hand. Impulsiveness is a major | | | | talkative and sociable, they are often misjudged as |
| symptom of ADD in adults, as these people very | | | | cold and aloof. But in reality, they are brilliantly intelligent |
| often speak without giving it a thought. They always | | | | and very sensitive. |
| appear to be on the short fuse and get angry very | | | | |