10 Adult ADHD Symptoms: Disorganization, Recklessness, and More Why do I need to register or sign in for WebMD to save? We will provide you with a dropdown of all your saved articles when you are registered and signed in. Many people think of rowdy kids who can’t sit still when they think of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. What Causes Adult ADHD? While experts don’t know for sure what causes ADHD, they believe genes may play an important part in who develops attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Unlike other psychiatric disorders, including anxiety and depression, ADHD doesn't begin in adulthood. 10 Problems That Could Mean Adult ADHD The conventionally used diagnostic criteria for ADHD, including the most common symptoms, were developed based on how the condition shows itself in children. These symptoms include forgetfulness and excessive daydreaming, as well as an inability to sit still, or constant fidgeting with objects. Continue reading below... Adult ADHD Problem No. 1: Difficulty Getting Organized
Manvotional: The Power of Purpose From Talks to Young Men, 1897By Charles Henry Parkhurst When calculating the prospects of a young man, and the likelihood of his being able to go through life without being taken off his feet, I always want to know whether he stands for anything in particular. A written sentence may be mere words or it may mean something. So a young man may be only a mixture of body and soul or he may mean something: that combination of body and soul may stand as the expression of an idea. There are a great many meaningless men in the community, and what that means is that, while they have the intelligence to understand an idea and the heart to feel it, yet the idea never gets so close to them as to have its reality tremendously experienced by them. Still more apparent does the working of this principle become when for the word “idea” I substitute the word “purpose.” Purpose, and to be thoroughly wedded to that purpose, is three quarters of salvation.