ADD/ADHD Info
Characteristics of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADHD-Inattentive Type
At Symptoms of inattention:
- Often fails to give close attention to details or makes careless mistakes in schoolwork, work, or other activities
- Often has difficulty sustaining attention in tasks or play activities
- Often does not seem to listen to what is being said
- Often does not follow through on instructions and fails to finish schoolwork, chores, or duties in the workplace (not due to defiant behavior or failure to understand instructions)
- Often has difficulties organizing tasks and activities
- Often avoids or strongly dislikes tasks (such as schoolwork or homework) that require sustained mental effort
- Often loses things necessary for tasks or activities (school assignments, pencils, books, tools, or toys)
- Often is easily distracted by extraneous stimuli
- Often forgetful in daily activities
Symptoms of Hyperactivity and Impulsive Behavior: ADHD
ADHD-Hyperactive Type
- Hyperactivity evidenced by fidgeting with hands or feet, squirming in seat
- Hyperactivity evidenced by leaving seat in classroom or in other situations in which remaining seated is expected
- Hyperactivity evidenced by running about or climbing excessively in situations where this behavior is inappropriate (in adolescents or adults, this may be limited to subjective feelings of restlessness)
- Hyperactivity evidenced by difficulty playing or engaging in leisure activities quietly
- Impulsivity evidenced by blurting out answers to questions before the questions have been completed
- Impulsivity evidenced by showing difficulty waiting in lines or awaiting turn in games or group situations