What are the symptoms of ADHD in adults?
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can cause a sometimes bewildering variety of symptoms. Psychiatrist Sudeepta Varma, MD, discusses key signs of the problem.
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[MUSIC PLAYING] So sometimes I ask a person-- take a snapshot of your desk. And that tells me so much in terms of the disorganization. You'll find bills every place.
They can't find their checkbook. They can't find the pens. They didn't even know that they had bills to pay.
So some of the common symptoms of ADHD in adults is distractibility, forgetfulness, procrastination,
difficulty tying up loose ends of a project once the project has been started, easily getting frustrated, a lower frustration
tolerance, and simple forgetfulness. And when you look at a person's life, you will see chaos taking the place in many forms.
So sometimes I ask a person-- take a snapshot of your desk. And that tells me so much in terms of the disorganization. You'll find bills every place.
They can't find their checkbook. They can't find the pens. They didn't even know that they had bills to pay. So as a result of having all these symptoms that we
mentioned of difficulty focusing, irritability-- some people have restlessness. Some people have that motor excitability
so that they can't sit still. They're interrupting people. They're fidgeting. A constellation of physical symptoms and emotional symptoms
and cognitive or mental symptoms-- when you put this all together you can only imagine how much havoc is being caused in people's lives as a result of ADHD.
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