Attention Deficit Disorder Symptoms

Symptoms in attention deficit disorder are always present from an early age in three different ways:

Attention deficit disorder symptoms are persistent: which means they are present more often than not. Pervasive which means it affects many different areas of some-one’s life. Prohibiting the quality of life: meaning those symptoms have a huge effect on many different aspects of life such as self-esteem, relationships, work or school and success.

See if you recognize any of the attention deficit disorder symptoms in the list below:

- Constantly distracted by thoughts or stimuli that interrupt actions or conversations

- Needing to change physical positions often, getting out of chair, moving; history of childhood hyperactivity

- Spacey or daydreaming, trouble concentrating

- Many thoughts and ideas, seemingly all at once

- Multi-tasking, often doing several things at once (such as TV, e-mail, talking on phone, reading) - Focusing so avidly on an interest that everything else is forgotten

- Tactless, saying the wrong thing at the wrong time

- Missing social cues, behaving or speaking inappropriately

- Needing to write or doodle in order to pay attention in meetings - Inability to concentrate or sustain focus on reading (not necessarily dyslexia)

- Poor short-term memory