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Symptoms For ADHD Includes

HYPERACTIVITY

• Fidgeting and squirming in their seats
• Non stop talking
• dashing around
• having difficulty doing quiet tasks or activities
• Touching or playing with anything and everything in sight
• Having trouble sitting and constantly in motion.

INATTENTIVE

• Easily distracted
• Miss details
• Forget things
• Frequently switch from one activity to another
• Become bored with a task in only a few minutes
• Difficulty processing information
• Struggle to follow information

IMPULSIVITY

• Frequently interrupt others or talk over them
• Have addictive tendencies
• Act recklessly or spontaneously without regard for consequences
• Have trouble behaving in socially appropriate ways
• Blurt out thoughts that are rude or inappropriate without thinking

National Institute of Mental Health

• ADHD affects about 4.1% American adults age 18 years and older in a given year
• The disorder affects 9.0% of American children age 13 to 18 years
• Boys are four times at risk than girls
• ADHD is five to 10 times more common among adult alcoholics than it is in people without the condition
• Adults being treated for alcohol and substance abuse, the rate of ADHD is about 25%

People with ADHD tend to be more impulsive and likely to have behavior problems, both of which can contribute to the use of drugs and alcohol. Both ADHD and alcoholism tend to run in families. A child with ADHD who has a parent with alcoholism is more likely to also develop an alcohol abuse problem.

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