You may have heard about the prevalence of Attention Deficit
Disorder in children. Meanwhile, a lot of people don’t know that
about 60 percent of ADHD children have experienced symptoms into
adulthood. Due to lack of knowledge, only a small percentage are
diagnosed and treated for ADHD in adults. Also, rates of
prevalence of Attention Deficit Disorder adults are estimated to
be from one to five percent range.
Attention Deficit Disorder adults can have all the problems that
their younger counterparts do; difficulty in following
directions, concentrating, remembering information, completing
work that have time limits and organizing tasks. Behavioral,
social, emotional, academic and vocational problems will likely
continue if these shortcomings are not addressed appropriately.
Here, I present a list of behaviors and problems that usually stem
from ADHD or can be the result of adjustment difficulties. These
behaviors include anxiety, forgetfulness, low self-esteem,
impulsiveness, difficulty in controlling anger, poor
organization skills, mood swings, depression, chronic boredom
and relationship problems.
Also, these behaviors can range from mild to severe and some
ADHD adults indicate that they can concentrate if they became
interested in what they do. Meanwhile, I will offer
information on other impairments that are associated with
Attention Deficit in adults
including school, social, relationship and work-related issues.
School-related impairments include frequent disciplinary
actions, poor educational performance and the tendency to drop
out from school. Work-related impairments, on the other hand,
include the tendency to change employers frequently and fewer
occupational achievements.
Social-related impairments with Attention Deficit Disorder
adults include lower socioeconomic status and the frequent use
of illegal drugs. Their relationship-related impairments include
the experience of marital problems or multiple marriages and
higher incidence of divorce or separation with
adult ADHD ADD
couples.
To diagnose adult ADHD, physicians should assess behavior and
ADHD symptoms from childhood, which could be done through a
questionnaire, examining school report cards and discussion with
parents to know about symptoms that were shown during childhood.
Other examination methods could also be applied, including a
physical exam that will help exclude medical or neurological
illness, the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed
tomography (CT), EEG and psychoeducational testing. Online
test adult ADD
forms are available and can be good at indicating the
presence of
ADHD for adults.
Moreover, recommended drug treatments are similar to those that
are prescribed to children with ADHD because they have shown to
improve ADHD symptoms. The first line treatments for Attention
Deficit Disorder adults are still stimulant drugs. These drugs
include Concerta, Ritalin, Vyvanse, Focalin, Adderall and
Dexedrin.
But, some difficulties associated to the use of stimulants have
been discovered including the tendency of the patients to abuse
the drug. To avoid abusing stimulants, adults with ADHD are
advised to take their medications as directed and to avoid
catching up if they missed doses because they can have negative
results.
Fortunately, there are alternative therapeutics for treating
ADHD in adults including
herbal antidepressant
options,
ADHD remedies like Attend, and behavioral therapy. It
mentions that behavioral therapy can include individual
behavioral and cognitive therapies, which aim to improve their
self-esteem, stress management, relaxation training and
behavioral coaching which will allow the individuals to learn
strategies in organizing both work and activities.
