Signed in as:
filler@godaddy.com
Signed in as:
filler@godaddy.com
Traits:
Disregulation of focus
Poor time management skills
Find it hard to organize
Impulsivity
Forgetfulness
Lack of motivation to start tasks
Restlessness and anxiety
Fatigue
Poor self-image
Relationship issues
Lesser known symptoms:
Substance abuse
Higher sensitivity to justice and rejection
Experience “time blindness,” which causes a focus on the now and issues with directing behavior toward the future
Extensive sleep disturbances, from childhood
More difficulty in making and maintaining friendships
Binge eating / cycles of weight gain and loss
Lower reaction time
Messier handwriting
Excessive gaming and addictive online tendencies
Social and communication impairment
Earlier sexual activity, more sexual partners, higher chances of STDs/STIs
People referred for neurodevelopmental disorders tend to have stronger gender variance ratings.
Atypical Presentation Symptoms (those assigned female at birth, women, transgender individuals, non-binary, etc):
Less impulsive, but as inattentive as boys with ADHD on average
Teen pregnancy (6x more likely)
Increased rates of bulimic behaviors, binge eating, anorexia
Addictive social media use
Transgender boys and girls were most frequently diagnosed with attention deficit disorders, more frequently than cisgender children.
Chart of recommendations for more careful female evaluation: https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-020-02707-9/tables/3
Things to note:
Many people with undiagnosed ADHD are initially referred for depression and anxiety. Treatment resistant depression may be ADHD.
Overrepresented in prison population (estimated at 25% of prisoners have ADHD)
Helpful Online Test: https://psychcentral.com/quizzes/adhd-quiz
Citations:
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We have prepared an ADHD Diagnosis Criteria Worksheet. This sheet outlines the diagnostic criteria for ADHD, in hopes to help better prepare those going in for a diagnosis.
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