4a. Adults really can still have ADHD

  Dr. Russell Barkley,

a professor at the
Medical University of South Carolina,   
  


is the leading scholarly expert in the field.    

Recently he recently published a list of 9 symptoms for
diagnosing ADHD in adults to be included in the

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM V)

His proposal suggests that if an adult has significant impairment from

1. 6 or more of these symptoms in 

2. 2 or more settings, (Work, Home, Social, etc...)

the adult warrants diagnosis for ADHD.  

Work, scouts, and family life 
were the settings that confirmed my diagnosis.


Symptoms suggested by the research 
are all related to     executive functions in  
 the brain and include: 

1.   Easily distracted by extraneous stimuli.

•   "Something Shiney Sundrome"   

 They can't control their attention span.

• They are like a toddler on a picnic     

 - no regard for authority or danger.  

•   
•    Unable to avoid surfing instead of 
•  concentrating on work.

Watch out for those "wormholes."   

• "Mind your own Business" is something we often hear.   
• As we can't avoid interfering.
• sticking our nose into everything that catches our attention.  
• BRAINSTORMING  is constant.

• Hyperfocus confuses others.  

You can do this, why not that?  

                    It is the tendency to get obsessed  
with something of interest.

  

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