Children, adolescents and adults can all suffer from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. ADHD impacts about 5% of children and adolescents, and about 3% of all adults. Less than half of children with ADHD ever made-they grow into adolescence or adulthood. If left untreated, the disease can have long-term adverse effects into adolescence and adulthood.
It is important to remember that many or most, children with ADHD never really grow out the problems> ADHD brings. This has been well documented, and was further discussed in detail by recent studies of ADHD and depression in women.
Recently published a further reminder of this was demonstrated in a national survey of 1007 adults with ADHD. The survey looked at how adults with ADHD cope at home, at work and in relationships with others. The survey was published just in time for the 2008 Chadd Conference and the 2008 ADHD National AwarenessDay.
As the survey showed that of the adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder:
75% reported that ADHD strongly affected their ability, a task long enough to remain fully focused on;
70% reported that ADHD strongly affects their ability to respond to what the others said, concentrate;
65% reported that ADHD strongly influenced their tasks at home;
60% reported that ADHD strongly affect their ability to remain seated witha business meeting, or the organized projects, or follow through with projects until they are completed;
57% reported that ADHD strongly damaging relations with their families and friends;
56% reported that ADHD strongly affect their ability to advance in their job or career;
47% reported that they had ADHD need to work harder than others to reach just about the same amount of work as those without ADHD;
The study group wasasked her what she wants to achieve, or the treatment goals:
50% reported that they want to get organized in her home, and 28% reported that they needed to put their personal finances more organized;
38% reported that they need to get their mood swings under control, and 26% wanted to improve their relationships with others;
36% believed that ADHD symptoms were not yet under control, and many report feeling depressed, thinking how hard it is to be an adultwith ADHD.
The study was written by two big names in the ADHD community: Ed (Ned) Hallowell, MD, the important books like "Driven to Distraction has led," and Natalie Knochenhauer, who as mothers of ADHD children has become an important legal in the Philadelphia area.
The study was funded by McNeill Pediatrics, which by the way, markets CONCERTA (methylphenidate HCl) for the treatment of ADHD in adults and in children.Hallowell and Knochenhauer are both paid consultant for McNeill Pediatrics. So there is an element of this study, which is intended to CONCERTA to adults who do not receive treatment, market does not think that their ADHD is under control, etc.
But this study should be more.
IF conservative 5% of children in the U.S. have ADHD, and
IF conservative 50% of children in the U.S. is "out-grow" their ADHD symptoms at age 20 or so, and
If it takes about 300 million people in the U.S.,
Then there are conservative 7500000 adults in the U.S. alone with the "adult ADHD." And if 38% of them believe that their ADHD is under control, or become depressed by their ADHD, and so on, too, is a lot of people with ADHD into adulthood (38% from 7.5 million adults with ADHD is 2,850,000 adults who believe it is out of control or feeling because her depressed > ADHD).
If you are an adult with ADHD, and you will feel that you can not get ahead at work, because they, or you can not get organized or motivated, or their feelings under control, there is help for you .
Yes, you can help, medications such as Concerta. Stimulant medications may help to increase time on task, focus on boring tasks, and so on. Consider drug treatment options and talk to your doctor.
We also try to work like men, the combination of a> ADHD diet (including high protein, low carbohydrate breakfast and some caffeine), with participation, Extress or improve Deprex (for mood stabilization) and Memorin for the memory.
With one of the above concepts, counseling or coaching for ADHD and for the skills and strategies to improve relationships and work performance is essential.
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