What are some common symptoms of ADD?
• Excessively fidgets or squirms • Difficulty remaining seated • Easily distracted • Difficulty awaiting turn in games • Blurts out answers to questions • Difficulty following instructions • Difficulty sustaining attention • Shifts from one activity to another • Difficulty playing quietly • Often talks excessively • Often interrupts • Often doesn’t listen to what is said • Often loses things • Often engages in dangerous activities Recent literature proposes 2 subtypes of ADHD: Behavioral and Cognitive (being split 80/20). How is ADD diagnosed? The list above is taken directly from the American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) latest “Diagnostics and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-III-R). To qualify for a diagnosis of ADHD, a child must exhibit 8 of these for a period longer than 6 months and have appeared before the age of 7 years. EEG abnormalities can appear in up to 50% of ADD children (not used in diagnoses). However, you don`t have to be hyperactive to have attention de
Adult Attention-Deficit Disorder (Adult ADD) symptoms are similar, but not identical, to those seen in children and adolescents. The basic categories of symptoms in children are inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. People often refer to the adult form of the disorder as ADD, because symptoms of hyperactivity tend to diminish with age, often taking the form of restlessness or fidgetiness (eg, persistent pencil tapping and/or foot tapping) and difficulty engaging in quiet activities. However, the medical community uses ADHD for both children and adults, and this term is becoming more widely accepted. Until the 1970s, it was believed that Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) was strictly a childhood disorder, and that children outgrew it in adolescence. Only gradually was it realized that while the hyperactivity component may diminish, the attention and impulsive aspects can persist into adulthood. Symptoms commonly associated with Adult ADD include: • Lack of focus • D
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• Excessively fidgets or squirms • Difficulty remaining seated • Easily distracted • Difficulty awaiting turn in games • Blurts out answers to questions • Difficulty following instructions • Difficulty sustaining attention • Shifts from one activity to another • Difficulty playing quietly • Often talks excessively • Often interrupts • Often does not listen to what is said • Often loses things • Often engages in dangerous activities Recent literature proposes 2 subtypes of ADHD: Behavioral and Cognitive (being split 80/20).
