| When a person has the habit of floating or | | | | academics and less time in other areas. |
| drifting in a specific environment, they may | | | | |
| be diagnosed with inattentive ADHD or ADHD | | | | Disorganization is the most commonly noticed |
| without hyperactivity. Generally, these | | | | attribute in those suffering from ADHD |
| people are not hyperactive; instead, they are | | | | without hyperactivity. If the person often |
| regarded as having problems with | | | | has messy handwriting, a messy bedroom, or a |
| hypoactivity. Those who suffer from | | | | messy desk area, these could all be signs of |
| hypoactivity, are the complete opposite of | | | | a person suffering from inattentive ADD. In |
| those who have hyperactivity. Essentially, | | | | order for these to be considered, the issues |
| they are under active, having little to no | | | | must be severe to chronic. |
| ability to remain active. | | | | |
| | | | Another signal of inattentive ADD, are issues |
| Adults and Children who suffer from | | | | in dealing with other in a social setting. |
| inattentive ADD generally become over | | | | Generally, small talk or social interaction |
| stimulated within any environment and have a | | | | rules are troubling to the person and they |
| hard time transitioning from impulse to | | | | tend to withdraw from these situations. To |
| action. Typically, people with ADHD without | | | | other people, it may seem that the person is |
| hyperactivity can only perform one function | | | | extremely shy and view them as awkward, |
| at a time, if asked to do more than one task | | | | unaware of how they should act when with the |
| at any given moment, tend to become | | | | person. |
| overwhelmed by the prospect. | | | | |
| | | | People with Inattentive ADD often become |
| What is worse, is that the people around the | | | | easily burnt out in over stimulating |
| person suffering from this type of ADD tend | | | | environments. They become extremely tired and |
| to underestimate the suffered, believe they | | | | stressed when faced with these situations. |
| are intelligent. Within our world, | | | | You will find that those suffered from |
| intelligence is often defined by the amount | | | | Inattentive ADD need some quality alone time |
| of time it takes to process anything. | | | | daily to recharge and regroup. |
| However, those with ADD are often distracted | | | | |
| and do not process things in the same amount | | | | Many times ADHD without hyperactivity is |
| of time. For a person with inattentive ADD, | | | | under diagnosed for many different reasons. |
| problems with fogginess, integrating ideas, | | | | First off, the symptoms that go along with |
| and stimuli both externally and internally, | | | | this type of ADD can mean other things as |
| create the illusion that the person is | | | | well, therefore, inattentive ADD is not the |
| intelligent. | | | | first thing that pops up with any person, |
| | | | physicians, parents, or teachers. The first |
| However, what many people do not realize is | | | | diagnosis will usually be anxiety or |
| that just because a person succeeds in the | | | | depression, which goes along with inattentive |
| academic world that they do not also suffer | | | | ADD, and usually tends to last throughout the |
| from inattentive ADD. While they may not have | | | | lifetime of the sufferer. It is a long and |
| what is called the cognitive inefficiency | | | | drawn out process of helping a person with |
| issue, they do still have a problem. They | | | | inattentive ADD have a productive and |
| will likely spend a greater amount of time on | | | | healthier life. |