Adults who have ADHD have suffered for years with feelings of inadequacy, frustration, and failure in school, work, relationships, and family. They report chronic disappointment over underachievement and missed opportunities. Others have treated them with a lack of respect due to their perceived shortcomings, usually with an onslaught of complaints and criticism. Such a history becomes self-perpetuating as anticipation of failure in the outcome of future endeavors adds to frustration.
As they grew up, these patients felt something was wrong, but they never knew exactly what it was. Parents, teachers, and health care professionals overlooked the obvious and those suffering with ADHD were never properly diagnosed and never received treatment. Some adults think their problems are characterological or moral defects, and they pay a high emotional price for their lack of understanding.
Many adults with ADHD do not understand they have a condition that is treatable nor that there is hope for a better more productive, effective life. They find themselves hopeless due to lack of knowledge. When adults with ADHD understand the disorder and take responsibility for seeking proper treatment, they gain hope and personal empowerment for change.
Understanding that there is a neurobiological reason for their struggle and that this reason is treatable can give them hope. ADHD should be viewed as a lifelong endeavor that extends throughout life’s passages and across situations. It is a neurobiological deficit in the brain, not a character defect. However, people who have ADHD need to accept their disorder and do their part in taking responsibility for seeking treatment, including: developing new communication skills, taking proper medication consistently, and making a consistent effort at accomplishing change in their lives. Structured schedules, time management, organizational skills, and a simplified lifestyle provide some basics that, along with medication, can contribute to significant change in the quality of their lives.
If you think that you may have ADHD, seek consultation and/or assessment and receive the treatment that can change the productivity and quality of your life. (This information was taken from Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Third Edition—Chapter 21) Dr. Russell Barkley

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