Signs of Adult ADHD

ADHD is commonly considered a childhood disorder. But a number of kids with ADHD still have it when they grow up. Making matters worse, it can be harder to diagnose ADHD in adults, and many adults don’t even know they have it. Would you recognize the possible signs of ADHD in an adult?



The Positive Side of ADHD
You hear a lot about the challenges of living with ADHD. What you don’t hear discussed as often is the positive side of the condition. Yet the beneficial aspects of ADHD—energy, spontaneity, creativity, flexibility—are just as real as the negative ones.
Energized lives
If you have the hyperactive form of ADHD, you know what it’s like to have too much of a good thing. You’ve got energy to burn, but it isn’t easy to channel productively. With treatment, you may be able to dial down hyperactivity to healthy activity.

Tips for Rewarding Relationships with ADHD
Friendships, family relationships, and romantic bonds can be hard. In a relationship, you need to be attentive, careful, and thoughtful. But when you have ADHD, you’re often inattentive, forgetful, and impulsive. Follow these solutions to help you connect with others effectively.

The problem: You forget to be somewhere. You miss a date or go to the wrong location.
Relationship : When making plans with friends or your significant other, always confirm what you heard. Inattention can cause you to miss pieces of information. Say, “We’re going to meet Thursday at the Hotel on the corner at 7 p.m. Did I get it right?” Set your cell phone to alert you before you’re supposed to be there.

Tuning out distractions, meeting deadlines, sitting through meetings. Lots of people have trouble with these situations at work. But the challenges are magnified when you have ADHD—and just telling yourself to buckle down and get serious isn’t enough. You need specific strategies and a good psychiatrist that really work on the job.

Ways to Stay Organized with ADHD
Don’t let ADHD stand in your way of completing tasks, being on time, and remembering where you put your wallet.
Do you frequently lose your car keys or cell phone? Do you sometimes forget about meetings and appointments? These are common experiences for adults with ADHD. Staying organized is challenging. But you can do it. You just need to know what strategies work best when you have ADHD. Dr. Aijaz Ahmad will help you keep your home, office, and life in order.







Common Signs of ADHD in Children
If you have kids, you know they can have trouble sitting still, resisting the urge to break the rules, or finishing a chore like making the bed. But does this mean they have attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)?
Not paying attention, running around when asked to stay put, even meltdowns at the grocery store--all kids misbehave from time to time. But ADHD in children is more than just misbehavior. When these behaviors carry on for months, are unusually intense for the child's age, and hamper his or her ability to get along at school or home, there may be a problem.
ADHD is one of the most common childhood disorders, affecting 3 to 5 percent of Indian. kids--more often boys than girls. It's a pattern of three key behaviors: inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity.




 Treatment: ADHD in Children
Children who have ADHD are often given medication as part of their treatment plan. The type of medication most often chosen is a psychostimulant, Psychostimulant drugs help balance chemicals in the child's brain that help to control behavior and focus attention.

Psychostimulants act quickly—doing their job over the course of one to four hours—and then are quickly flushed from the body. Newer psychostimulants on the market are designed to be longer acting, continuing to work for up to nine hours, so that they only need to be taken once a day.