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