| The symptoms of ADHD children can be quite diverse | | | | easily distracted. |
| and differ both with gender and age. The search for a | | | | The symptoms of ADHD children in the predominately |
| diagnosis of attention deficit disorder is a complicated | | | | impulsive type look quite a bit different. The child |
| jumble of the primary ADHD symptoms of inattention | | | | fidgets or squirms when seated, leaves his or her chair |
| distractibility, impulsivity, and hyperactivity or | | | | at inopportune or inappropriate times, moves restlessly, |
| restlessness. For a diagnosis to be confirmed all | | | | talks endlessly, blurt out answers unexpectedly, |
| symptoms do not have to present. Yet the symptoms | | | | interrupts the conversations of others needlessly, and |
| of inattention must always be present for a diagnosis. | | | | couldn't wait in line if the school cafeteria was giving |
| Symptoms must be apparent in two or more situations | | | | away a free sack of cool toys to the most patient |
| (for example, family and school), last for at least six | | | | child. Put simply, this child is a handful which is often |
| months, and must have an impact with social or | | | | seen in public with parents who look like they haven't |
| academic functioning. | | | | sleep in a week. |
| Once the symptoms of ADHD children have been | | | | The third type is a combination of the first two and is |
| established to next step is to place each child in one of | | | | aptly called the combination type. This classification is |
| three primary categories based on the relative amount | | | | very broad and interpreted by some as a catch all for |
| of attention deficit verses hyperactivity. | | | | cases which don't seem to exactly fit into one |
| For those whose main problem is with inattention or | | | | category or the other. Nevertheless it is described as |
| lack of focus the individual fails to pay attention to | | | | a type of ADHD which in which the child shows |
| details or is prone to slipshod mistakes, struggles with | | | | symptoms of both inattention and hyperactivity or |
| finishing task or leisure activities, has a distain for task | | | | restlessness. The combined type is most often |
| requiring prolonged focus or concentration, regularly | | | | diagnosed in boys ages 5 through 12. |
| misinterprets instructions, is woefully forgetful, and is | | | | |