ADHD in adults

Introduction to adult ADHD It is widely believed that ADHD is a child's disease, and it will heal with age, and adults will not have this disease. However, according to follow-up observations and prospective studies by many scholars, it is found that ADHD is not a child-specific disease. If children are suffering from ADHD, if they are not treated in time, they can continue to reach the young and middle-aged stage, but the symptoms are different. We call it "forming young micro-cerebral dysfunction (AMBD)", that is, adult ADHD. The clinical manifestations of adult ADHD are characterized by impatience, temper tantrum, anxiety and depression. basic knowledge The proportion of sickness: 0.2% Susceptible people: mostly in adults Mode of infection: non-infectious Complications: mental illness

Causes of adult ADHD

Psychological factors (30%):

It is related to a bad family environment and educational methods, such as a tense family relationship, lack of warmth, or excessive demanding, rude or excessive love, ill-advised, or improper corporal punishment or discrimination in school.

Mild brain tissue damage (20%):

Viral infection, medication, neonatal asphyxia, birth injury during pregnancy, cerebral hypoxia caused by various causes, brain damage, etc.

Psychological factors (20%):

It is related to a bad family environment and educational methods, such as a tense family relationship, lack of warmth, or excessive demanding, rude or excessive love, ill-advised, or improper corporal punishment or discrimination in school.

1. Abnormal brain neurotransmitter metabolism, lack of dopamine, serotonin and acetylcholine.

2, vitamin deficiency, food allergy, glucose metabolism disorders.

3, psychological factors: related to poor family environment and educational methods, such as family members are nervous, lack of warmth, or excessively demanding, rude or excessive love, ill-advised, or improper corporal punishment or discrimination in school, etc. .

4, related to the lack of trace elements or poisoning, such as iron deficiency, zinc, magnesium and manganese, and lead poisoning are related to the onset of ADHD.

Adult ADHD prevention

For the treatment of ADHD children and adults, emotional counseling in addition to drugs is also an important method. It is also indispensable for the cooperation of ADHD children, parents and teachers. It can neither be discriminated against and blamed, nor can it be over-removed for reasons. At the same time as taking the medicine, we must also carry out patient and meticulous education to guide the child correctly. For adults with ADHD, patient and meticulous exchange of ideas is more important, and efforts to maintain a good psychological state are conducive to healthy recovery.

Adult ADHD complications Complications

Often complicated by schizophrenia or other mental illnesses.

Adult ADHD symptoms Common symptoms Depression, irritability, anxiety, unilateral and pseudo-hand and foot movements

Generally speaking, with the increase of age, the hyperactivity symptoms of children can be reduced, but there are still no quiet, irritating, impulsive, distracting, difficult to concentrate, poor academic performance, low self-esteem, depression, easy to lose heart and so on. About a quarter of children have antisocial behaviors such as fighting, stealing, sabotage, arson, and murder. Some people think that these children have more opportunities for mental illness in adulthood than in the general population. There are also a large number of children who can develop environmental maladaptation in adulthood. Foreign scholars have reported comparing 36 cases of ADHD patients aged 17 to 24 years and 45 normal people aged 17 to 24 years. The two groups have similar conditions in terms of age, gender, socioeconomic class and IQ.

Adult ADHD check

1 In the early years, there were learning difficulties and not paying attention.

2 adulthood has severe anxiety, depression or similar symptoms.

3 There was a very significant improvement in symptoms after imipramine.

4 The mental condition examination is characterized by a rapid increase in speech rate and a subjective change, but there is no obvious psychotic thinking.

Diagnosis and diagnosis of adult ADHD

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder:

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is also known as hyperactivity syndrome in children. Children with ADHD are short for children with hyperactivity syndrome. Children with hyperactivity syndrome, mild brain dysfunction syndrome, is a more common childhood behavior disorder syndrome. The child's intelligence is normal or close to normal, too much activity, inattention, emotional instability, impulsiveness, poor self-control, and varying degrees of learning difficulties.

Children with hyperactivity syndrome:

Children with hyperactivity syndrome is a more common childhood behavior disorder syndrome, also known as "slight brain dysfunction syndrome", "pediatric hyperactivity disorder". The disease is characterized by hyperactivity, difficulty in concentration, emotional instability and impulsivity. There are different levels of learning difficulties, but the child's intelligence is normal or basically normal. The boy is more than a girl, more common in school-age children. The incidence has a certain relationship with heredity, environment, and birth injury. The vast majority of children with this disease gradually improved after puberty.

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