Learning problems, fights with peers – we know almost everything about children with ADHD, some people ironically say that there is a fashion for diagnosing this disorder in almost every naughty child. Meanwhile, it affects adults too and produces unusual symptoms. In addition, they are slightly different in men and women. Find out if it is you?
Adult ADHD
If you had ADHD as a child, there’s a 30 to 50 per cent chance that you didn’t get rid of it as an adult either. And if neither you nor your parents had any idea that you were suffering from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, diagnosis can be even more difficult today. After all, over the years you have developed your own system of compensations, which have made it easier for you to live with yourself and less annoying for loved ones and co-workers with your behaviour.
Interrupting others
Of course, everyone sometimes gets so fed up with someone’s boring argument that they try to interrupt it. However, if you hear from the next person: “Let me finish”, you may have a problem not only with savoir-vivre.
Clutter and poor organisation of work
Papers and empty coffee cups pile up on your desk. You tidy up and promise yourself never to let such a mess happen again, but a few days later it’s the same thing. When you have to complete a project, you think you have a lot of time, but you always dread waking up just before the deadline anyway.
Turbulent emotional relationships
You fall in love quickly and your relationships are turbulent like the pairs of characters in Polanski’s Bitter Mating or Almodovar’s films. And family life is reminiscent of Italian cinema. The slightest protest is enough to make you angry and flood your partner with text messages full of resentment or despair.
Doing things your own way
You have an obvious problem with working with a team. You want to do everything your own way, you lack empathy and you don’t understand why everyone doesn’t uncritically applaud your brilliant (how else) ideas.
Poor memory
You no longer forget not only where you put your keys, but also where you parked your car. You keep looking for lost notes. You also happen to forget your promises and deadlines for business and non-business meetings.
Impatience and explosiveness
If you’re working from home, there’s still something pulling you away from your task. You take another coffee break, surfing the internet, calling friends. Standing in traffic puts you over the edge. You curse under your breath and squirm in your seat. You like to be the first one out of the traffic lights, and you sometimes cause bumps and accidents. You’re fidgety and even when you’re sitting down (because you have to, e.g. at a meeting), you move your fingers or feet restlessly.
Insomnia and mood swings
You are usually bursting with energy, sometimes so much so that, depending on the type of stimulus, it is bound to cause an outburst: euphoria, aggression, or crying. Your mood easily goes from one extreme to another, which is tiring for people around you. You experience states of sadness or even depression. And you often can’t fall asleep at night because you have a constant “music video” in your head.
Psychologist
Women with ADHD can feel totally exhausted and tired even after a long night’s sleep, and are more likely to be depressed – all due to the disorder’s exacerbating effect of oestrogens. Men, due to testosterone, are much more explosive, aggressive and tend to be perfectionists. If you have just started to suspect that you have ADHD, it is best to see a psychologist or psychiatrist with someone close to you. As an adult with ADHD, you may not be very objective. An interview with someone from your family or friends will be very useful in making an accurate diagnosis. Because maybe it’s just a simple neurosis, or you’re avenging a lack of kindness. Don’t self-diagnose with the help of Dr Google, because you can then easily confuse the symptoms of ADHD with those of borderline or bipolar personality. And that will make you even more nervous.
Source
- https://www.medonet.pl/zdrowie/zdrowie-dla-kazdego,nietypowe-objawy-adhd-u-doroslych,galeria,1721149.html
