Well Angelic,
Did you know that there are about 5% of children have problems such as ADHD (attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder) and more than half still have ADHD into adulthood. Not a few of these adults have not been diagnosed and are not aware of having ADHD.
Therefore, you should look at the following nine signs of ADHD in order to make the appropriate remedial action.
Less focus
Less focus here is not only mean trouble concentrating. This means your focus is very easily distracted, so it is difficult to listen to others in the conversation, attention to detail, as well as difficult to complete the job or task.
Hyper-focus
Hyper-focus is the opposite of a lack of focus. For example, while working on a preferred job / hobbies, like drowning in your own world that forgot the time. As if the circumstances surrounding the unimportant and entirely ignored. Hyper-focus can adversely affect relationships with others.
Irregularity
Sometimes life looks very chaotic, and almost everyone experienced. But for people with ADHD, life often feels more chaotic than normal people. They find it difficult to live everyday on a regular basis, often due to lack of time management, task difficulty, often delaying, often late and had trouble determining priorities.
Easy to Forget
Occasionally forget is understandable, but a different case if you have ADHD. A person with ADHD is very familiar with the word 'forget'. It includes very often misplaced something and forgot the appointment / important dates. Easy to forget can be bad for your career and relationships with other people, because you might be mistaken for sloppy.
Impulsive behavior
People with ADHD may often cut off the conversation, too hasty in doing something, and act without any consideration. Impulsive behavior can often be seen on the spending habits of a person. Often buy goods that are not able to buy that must go into debt or asked to buy, is a common sign of ADHD in adults.
Emotional disturbance
In addition due to the irregularity, lives with ADHD may look chaotic because of emotional ups and downs. When doing something, they are very easy to get bored and find something else. Few feel frustrated can cause mood instability and depression.
Poor Self Image
Adults who have ADHD can be very critical of themself. This is somewhat due to the inability to maintain concentration and other ADHD symptoms that cause problems in school, work, and relationships with others.
Less Motivation
You might be able to do a variety of tasks at once, but feel unmotivated. This problem is commonly seen in children with ADHD, who often don't focus on homework, but it can also occur in adults.
The combination of the lack of motivation, procrastination and poor time management which makes adult ADHD difficult to complete a project. Not to mention the inability to focus for a long time.
Anxiety
If you have ADHD, you may feel there is encouragement from nowhere to keep moving. If the desire to keep moving not met such as having to sit still or wait, usually there will be feelings of anxiety and worry. Restlessness and anxiety can also be caused due to continue thinking about something alarming.
Aside from the nine symptoms above, there are also some other symptoms that can occur in people with ADHD, among others:
-Show opposition or break rules
-Hard to socialize with others
-Lack of confidence
-Poor ability to organize
-Easily bored and agitated
-Often in a hurry to make decisions
Treatment of ADHD
Although this condition cannot be cured, there are some actions or treatments for people with ADHD. Treatment here means actions or strategies to help control the symptoms of ADHD. The goal is to help sufferers improve social skills, improve their ability to learn / work, boost the child's confidence and keep sufferers from behavior which could endanger yourself.
Treatment for patients with ADHD can include medication or therapy. The drugs are often given by doctors usually stimulants, which are used to help control the attitude of hyperactivity and impulsivity in children, and to help improve focus or attention.
Handling form of therapy (psychotherapy) is also commonly given to people with ADHD. Therapy can be given in the form of social skills training, behavioral modification (behavior), as well as cognitive therapy. Parents and families also normally be given training in the form of an introduction to ADHD, how to deal with the symptoms of ADHD in children, the approaches used, or in the form of support for parents who have children with ADHD.
Thanks
-Max