| Listen up, hyperactive adults! You may have attention | | | | struggling, trying to figure out why they cannot seem to |
| deficit disorder. If you recognise any of the attention | | | | work up to their potential. Worse, many adults with |
| deficit disorder symptoms in the following article, then | | | | undiagnosed ADHD find themselves living a life of |
| make an appointment with your doctor. Your | | | | shame, poor self esteem, and worse. |
| practitioner is armed with new information and | | | | Common ADHD symptoms |
| research to diagnose a variety of disorders on which | | | | All adults have some symptoms of attention deficient |
| the medical practice is still deliberating. And while | | | | hyperactive disorder due to the stresses and strains |
| ADHD used to be known as a child's disorder, now | | | | of real life. Some of these are: distractibility, impulsivity, |
| adults are coming forward for treatment too. | | | | inattention, difficulty staying on task, having many |
| ADHD - not just child's play | | | | projects going on at one time and rarely completing |
| Up until the mid 1980's, it was widely believed by | | | | any of them, irritability, difficulty falling asleep and |
| physicians and psychologists that ADHD and the | | | | difficulty waking up …but when an adult has a |
| numerous symptoms of attention deficient disorder | | | | significant amount of symptoms that impair his daily |
| was outgrown by the time a child hit adolescence. | | | | living, then he may indeed have attention deficit |
| Though many clinicians still hold on to this belief, it is | | | | disorder. Attention deficient hyperactive disorder can |
| now accepted by many in the medical community that | | | | mimic other disorders, like depression, anxiety, and |
| childhood ADHD does indeed continue into adulthood. | | | | some medical problems like hypothyroidism. And |
| As a matter of fact, the DSM-IV, the Diagnostic and | | | | ADHD can co-exist with other disorders. If after your |
| Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, describes the | | | | reading you still wonder if you may, indeed, have |
| attention deficient disorder as one that can affect | | | | ADHD, then you may want to consider going for an |
| anybody. | | | | evaluation. |
| Is the following scenario familiar to you? | | | | Many ways to treat your ADHD symptoms |
| Hyper Henry Hawkins in 4th grade, who was unable to | | | | First, check with your medical doctor to make sure |
| sit still in Mrs. Jones' homeroom, became Mr. Hawkins, | | | | you aren't having ADHD symptoms due to a medical |
| who at age 35, is unable to sit through business | | | | problem. Talk to him/her about the possibility of ADHD. |
| meetings. His legs kick under the table while his eyes | | | | Chances are, he may not know enough about it to |
| dart around at the different posters on the wall. The | | | | offer a diagnosis. Therefore, consider going to a |
| doodles on his notepaper keep his fingers busy. And | | | | mental health clinician who has done extensive work |
| he doesn't hear a word the presenter is saying. Yes, | | | | with adult attention deficient hyperactive disorder. The |
| ADHD is alive and well, living in adult bodies. | | | | treatments include dietary changes, lifestyle changes |
| It is estimated that between 5-7%- or more- of all | | | | and a combination of prescription drugs. Try the milder |
| children suffer from attention deficit disorder. But what | | | | options first for a more complete turnaround in your |
| happens when these children grow up? Some are | | | | busy daily life. New disorders are being tested on for |
| lucky enough to have learned to compensate for their | | | | better and better treatments all the time, and ADHD is |
| poor attention span, impulsivity and distractibility by | | | | no exception! |
| finding a good career match. And yet others are still | | | | |