ADHD in Adults, we sincerely hope it will help you harness the positive aspects of being ADHD , because there are lots of them!

Are you Adult ADHD or ADD? ~symptoms, and suggestions that may help.

Attention Deficit Disorder effects adults too and adults with ADD have similar symptoms to children with ADD.
Many adults with ADD were never diagnosed as children. This means you may have been previously treated for depression, antisocial personality, or character disorders.

This can lead to low self-esteem, increased frustration and educational or vocational failure. Years of struggling with ADHD places you at risk for other problems, such as drug abuse and depression.

Most adults with ADD are restless, easily distracted, have difficulty sustaining attention and concentrating, are impulsive and impatient, have frequent mood swings and short tempers, are disorganized and fail to plan ahead.

Adults with ADD often experience career difficulties. You may lose jobs due to poor job performance, attention and organizational problems, or relationship difficulties. Other times, you may simply quit out of boredom.

Education is the first strategy Once you have been accurately diagnosed, you may be relieved to learn your difficulties are due to ADHD, as opposed to some personal flaw.

You can benefit from learning to structure your environment.

This may involve using an appointment book, a personal computer, or tape recorder.
Other strategies include making a daily list of tasks, posting schedules and appointments
learning time management skills,
setting up a self-reward system.

Psychostimulant medications can be effective if you are an adult who has ADD/ADHD

antidepressants can be helpful for treating substance abuse and depression, or when phobic, panic, anxiety and/or obsessive compulsive disorders are present.

Vocational counseling designed to identify employment well suited to your strengths and skills can help to ensure success.

A primary goal for you, as an adult who has ADD/ADHD is to build on success.Learn to adapt to your ADHD and harness the energy and creativity that often accompanies ADD and you can thrive professionally. Many adults with ADD are successful entrepreneurs and you can be too.
Other intervention strategies include:

scheduling regular physical exercise
maintaining a sense of humour
eliminating negative self statements
avoiding, reducing or eliminating alcohol or drug use
enlisting a friend, relative or spouse to help finish tasks and remember commitments, and to provide feedback
Short-term psychotherapy can help you identify how your ADHD might be associated with a history sub-par performance and difficulties in personal relationships.
Long-term psychotherapy can help address mood swings, stabilize relationships, and alleviate guilt and discouragement.

The blue slides are used with permission from a series from Louis B. Cady, M.D. They are part of a series which can give you a full visual presentation including research into brain differences in ADHD people
His excellent website is at http://www.drcady.com

Information not with a blue background, for the article above, was adapted from CHADD website at http://www.chadd.org/fact6.htm

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