Diagnoses of Attention Deficit Disorder
It is important to identify adults with ADD and apply appropriate management of their educational, personal and social development to improve their chances for a successful outcome. With early and proper diagnosis of ADD it can help an adult to put his/her difficulties into perspective. With this disorder, the individual will have developed low self-esteem and negative perceptions of themselves as a result of collective academic, social and occupational failures. Many suffers have been labeled as: lazy, immature, spacey, a slow learner, self centered, having a bad attitude, or lacking motivation. These adults with ADD will view their difficulties as the result of an inherited or acquired neurobiological disorder; many become to accept the unsubstantiated believe that they themselves are to be blame for their problems.
With proper diagnosis of ADD it can help to improve self-esteem, work-performance and skills, and educational achievement. Listed below are some symptoms of ADD, if you experience 10 or more symptom it is likely that ADD is present:
- An internal sense of anxiety
- Impulsive spending habits
- Frequent distractions during sex
- Frequently misplace the car keys, your purse or wallet or other day-to-day items
- Lack of attention to detail
- Family history of ADD, learning problems, mood disorders or substance abuse problems
- Trouble following the proper channels or chain of commands
- An attitude of "read the directions when all else fails"
- Frequent traffic violations
- Impulsive job changes
- Trouble maintaining an organized work and/or home environment
- Chronically late or always in a hurry
- Frequently overwhelmed by tasks of daily living
- Poor financial management and frequent late bills
- Procrastination
- Spending excessive time at work due to inefficiencies
- Inconsistent work performance
- Sense of underachievement
- Frequent mood swings
- Trouble sustaining friendships or intimate relationships
- A need to seek high stimulation activities
- Tendency toward exaggerated outbursts
- Transposing numbers, letters, words
- Tendency toward being argumentative
- Addictive personality toward food, alcohol, drugs, work and/or gambling
- Tendency to worry needlessly and endlessly
- "Thin-skinned" - having quick or exaggerated responses to real or imagined slight
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