ADHD and your life

How to tell if you have ADHD?

ADHD is a condition that is known to affect a person’s life on many levels and dealing with it on one’s own could not only be challenging but is potentially risky for both the person affected and their loved ones.

Whether you are only trying to find out what is happening to you or you already know you have ADHD, we recommend you to take a short survey to find out about all the possible ways this condition can manifest itself in.

Remember that the sooner you approach your health provider with your concerns, the sooner your life will start changing for the better.

Complete this checklist
to see if you are at risk

Social Life

For many people it is a real struggle to both make new friends and to keep them. For people with ADHD this issue could be even more magnified. Finding out how to cope with your ADHD symptoms in social situations is key to many other aspects of your life that may be affected by the condition.

AN ESTIMATED 76% OF VARIATION IN THE SEVERITY OF ADHD TRAITS IS THE RESULT OF GENETIC FACTORS.

Have you noticed that you tend to:

Make hasty and impulsive decisions
Tend to interrupt people
Often butt into conversations
Suffer from frequent mood swings
Tire yourself with excessive activity
Find it hard to cope with frustration

Even though there is no cure, I feel more confident now knowing the enemy and learning to live with it.

- Ashley (Diagnosed with ADHD)

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Work

No one is immune to suffering from pressure and stress at their workplace. The key is in the way people use their resources to cope with their workload. If you experience any of the symptoms that are listed here, it might be more than just the sign for you to quit and start looking for another place, it might be ADHD.

ADHD IS A MEDICALLY RECOGNIZED DISORDER.

Have you noticed that you tend to:

Be disorganized
Avoid multitasking in fear to fail
Have problems prioritizing
Overlook important details
Have poor judgment regarding planning and time-management
Make careless mistakes
Experience problems following through and completing tasks

I used to blame my career failures on my personality.

- Erica (Diagnosed with ADHD)

Nodding your Head?
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Family and Home

The closer and smaller the social group is, the more devastating the effect of ADHD on its wellbeing might be. Suffering from social alienation on your own is as bad as it sounds, but making your family suffer from your unpredictable and often destructive behavior brings the importance of getting to the source of the problem to a whole new level.

Remember that even in the worst-case scenario, there are people who are on your side.

ADHD IS NOT ABOUT INTELLIGENCE OR MOTIVATION.

Have you noticed that you tend to:

Forget about not only the dates and events that are important to your family but also daily errands and chores
Not follow through with the promises you made
Have difficulty focusing and following the line of conversation
Often talk too much and get thrown off the subject easily

I feel lucky to be surrounded by people who understand my struggle.

- Marta (Diagnosed with ADHD)

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I did not address the issue before it was too late to save my family.

- Derrick (Diagnosed with ADHD)

Can you Relate?
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Complete Symptom

Checklist

Whether you have been diagnosed or not, fill out our checklist to find out more about you.

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Please answer the questions below using the scale on the right to make your answers more precise. Tick the box that best describes the frequency of occurrence of the symptoms within the past 6 months. You can share the results with your healthcare professional when discussing your ADHD concerns with them during your next appointment.

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How often do you have trouble wrapping up the final details of a project, once the challenging parts have been done?
How often do you have difficulty getting things in order when you have to do a task that requires organization?
How often do you have problems remembering appointments or obligations?
When you have a task that requires a lot of thought, how often do you avoid or delay getting started?

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How often do you fidget or squirm with your hands or feet when you have to sit down for a long time?
How often do you feel overly active and compelled to do things, like you were driven by a motor?
How often do you make careless mistakes when you have to work on a boring or difficult project?
How often do you have difficulty keeping your attention when you are doing boring or repetitive work?

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How often do you have difficulty concentrating on what people say to you, even when they are speaking to you directly?
How often do you misplace or have difficulty finding things at home or at work?
How often are you distracted by activity or noise around you?
How often do you leave your seat in meetings or other situations in which you are expected to remain seated?
How often do you feel restless or fidgety?

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How often do you have difficulty unwinding and relaxing when you have time to yourself?
How often do you find yourself talking too much when you are in social situations?
When you’re in a conversation, how often do you find yourself finishing the sentences of the people you are talking to, before they can finish them themselves?
How often do you have difficulty waiting your turn in situations when turn taking is required?
How often do you interrupt others when they are busy?

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