Distracted and Disorganized: ADD/ADHD in Adults
Do you find it difficult to get organized? Easily distracted? Overwhelmed? Restless?
Often people with ADD/ADHD are labeled as dreamers, underachievers, lazy or trouble-makers.
Adult ADHD always includes a childhood onset of the symptoms including inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity which have persisted into adulthood. As many as two thirds of children diagnosed with ADHD continue to experience symptoms into adulthood.
To learn more about ADHD including adult ADHD go to Mental Health Canada: ADHD or to MayoClinic.com: Adult ADHD (attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder).
The Canadian ADHD Resource Alliance provides more specific signs and symptoms for Adult ADHD including a list of "red flags".
The Centre for ADD/ADHD Advocacy, Canada maintains a list of Ontario ADHD Support Groups.
Check out the Library's recent books about adult ADD/ADHD. To see which branch has a copy of the book and to place a hold, click on the title link;
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| 100 Questions & Answers About Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) | ADHD in Adults | The Complete Idiot's Guide to Adult ADHD |
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| The Gift of Adult ADD | The Disorganized Mind | ADD and Your Money |
3 thoughts on “Distracted and Disorganized: ADD/ADHD in Adults”
People with ADHD have normal human characteristics to an extreme degree, with a poor ability to easily control them.
At first, I thought that adhd in children and adults have the same symptoms but after reading this blog post. I therefore conclude that there is a difference on children and adults with adhd.
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