10个标志你可能有成年人ADHD
诊断Adhd经常为成年人令人惊讶。有些专家估计，多达75％的adhd成年人不知道他们拥有它。这可能是因为它曾经被认为是一个“童年紊乱”，并认为当你结束青春期时，你会过量。它也被认为是一种“男性疾病”，这意味着女性的妇女均不太可能被诊断为孩子。今天，越来越多的成年人被诊断出患有ADHD。有时会发生这种情况，当他们的孩子被诊断出来时，他们意识到他们分享许多相同的症状，例如缺乏焦点。
While the main symptoms of ADHD are the same: inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity, these symptoms often manifest differently in children and adults. The following are signs you might have adult ADHD:
你are一直在寻找一些东西。It might be your keys, your phone or important papers. It seems every day you spend anywhere from a few minutes to an hour of your time looking for items you misplaced.
你arechronically late。你have no "sense of time" and are chronically late for work, appointments, meeting your spouse for dinner or picking up the kids. No matter how many times you resolve to change, you end up being late...again.
你areforgetful。你forget to take out the trash, forget to pick up the dry cleaning, forget to meet a friend for lunch, forget to pick up the kids from school. It isn't that these things aren't important to you, they are, the thought simply left your brain when it was replaced by another thought. You end up disappointing other people on a consistent basis.
你feel restless.Hyperactivitystill appears in adults but it does so as a feeling of restlessness. You fidget a lot and always want to be moving, even if you aren't "running and jumping" around as children with ADHD frequently do. If you remember being extremely active and energetic as a child, hyperactivity could have settled into restlessness.
你haverelationship troubles, have been married several times or are divorced. According to some studies, there is a link between adult ADHD and divorce. Adults with ADHD rank their satisfaction with their relationship lower than those without ADHD. This is sometimes attributed to boredom when a relationship enters the long-term phase or when a non-ADHD partner has trouble dealing with ADHD symptoms.
你抽烟。尼古丁经常改善ADHD的一些症状，例如关注和焦点。研究表明，多达40％的成年人的ADHD烟雾，而不是26％的没有ADHD。
你有一个child with ADHD。While the exact causes of ADHD aren't fully understood, it is considered hereditary. If you have a child with ADHD, the chances are high that either you or your spouse have ADHD.
你have had several jobs or are stillsearching for the "right" career path。One of the most common problems for adults with ADHD is employment. You have problems meeting deadlines, staying on track, being on time or become bored with the job. Adults with ADHD might frequently quit their job or be fired.
你interrupt others, jump into conversations at the wrong time or blurt out inappropriate comments during conversations. Impulsiveness is reacting without thinking and it remains a troublesome symptom in adults, often causing problems in relationships and interactions with others. Impulsiveness can also result in financial problems because ofimpulsive spending。
你还记得学校作为孩子的困难。一旦你是成年人，ADHD就不会发展。您可能会在学校中努力回忆，难以偿还注意力，忘记在分配或迟到时递交。你可能会记得一直被告知你不辜负你的潜力，或者应该“努力努力”。
参考：
"A Focus on Adults: Living with Chronic ADHD, 2013, April 2, Interview with Terry Matlen and Dr. Russell Barkley, NPR
"Pay Attention to Me," 2012, March, Kirsten Weir, American Psychological Association
"Diagnosis of ADHD in Adults (WWK9S), 2004, Staff Writer, National Resource Center on ADHD
