Adults and ADHD

If you have a child who has ADHD, there's a pretty good chance that one or more of the adults in the family tree do too.  It can lead to conflict (trust me, I know!) but it can also be a gift.  Why is that?  Well, it helps you understand what your ADHD child might be going through.

How do you know if you might have ADHD?  It's a diagnosis that only a physician or mental health practitioner can diagnose, but there are lots of screening tools out there to help you decide if you should consider speaking to a professional.  Here's a link to one of those tools:

Self-test for Adult ADHD

ADHD often looks different in women, and there are different checklists that describe those symptoms:

ADHD Symptoms Checklist for Women 

There are also lots of websites out there for adults with ADHD.  One of my favourites is www.totallyadd.com by Canadian writer/director/actor Rick Green.  Here's a link to a video from the site in which Rick and Patrick McKenna discuss symptoms of adult ADHD.  It's very funny - and worth watching!

http://totallyadd.com/the-adult-symptoms/