Adult ADHD
Just like children, adults can have attention deficit disorder (ADD) with or without hyperactivity. In fact, adults who suspect they have an attention issue, are typically responding to seeing symptoms of ADD/ADHD in their behavior now. Or a child or grandchild has been diagnosed and they have learned that ADD/ADHD has a genetic component. Either way, as ADD/ADHD is a developmental disorder, it likely began in childhood and remained unrecognized and untreated until now.
Symptoms:
Depending on the coping skills you acquired throughout your life and the symptoms that accompany your particular attention disorder, you may experience any of the following:- Impulsivity, inattention, hyperactivity (similar to childhood presentation of ADD/ADHD)
- Time blindness
- Choice paralysis
- ADHD Task Paralysis Cycle
- ADHD Stimming/fidgeting
- Decision fatigue
- Rejection sensitivity
- Inability to stay focused or concentrate
- Restlessness
- Inattention
- Mood swings
- Has difficulty following instructions
- Thought and item organization
- Planning ahead
- Time management skills
- Loses items with regularity
- Thought and item organization
- Planning ahead
- Time management skills
- Loses items with regularity
- Quick temper and difficulty keeping emotions in check
- Makes emotional decisions
- Talk excessively
- Acts first, consider later
- Interrupts conversations
- Poor work or academic history
- Substance abuse
- Poor physical or mental health
- Unstable relationships
- Poor self-image
- Tendency to overthink and become stuck
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Problem-solving skills training
- Information about how ADHD works
- Marriage and family therapy
- Individual therapy
- Organization skills training
- Social skills training