Social-adult ADHD.docx
Social
<Adult
ADHD>
by
Hwang, se-yeon, Social Reporter, charlevoix@mju,ac,kr
ADHD, also referred to as "attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder," refers to a condition in which attention
is constantly lacking and showing distractions, excess activity and
impulsiveness. Although ADHD is known to be a common childhood disease, it is
said that adult ADHD also accounts for a significant proportion, with 4 percent
of adults suffering from it. Adult ADHD is a disorder that can be seen even
when the symptoms of ADHD are not fully recovered after suffering ADHD as a
child, and when the symptoms become adult. Act on impulse too much in any plan,
people do not match with and care properly complete lack of work or studies
don't the typical symptoms.
More than 50 to 65 percent of children with
ADHD continue to develop in adulthood. In addition, the symptoms may not appear
in childhood until they are adolescents and adults, but may be caused by severe
stress and environmental hormones.
ADHD is divided into three symptoms.
Statistics show that hyperactivity is prevalent in infants, impulsiveness and
attention deficit in adolescence and attention deficit in adults are the
biggest symptoms.
Some studies show that patients with ADHD
are twice as likely to be addicted to alcohol and four times more depressed
than healthy adults. There are currently an estimated 820,000 adult ADHD
patients in South Korea, but only about 6,000 patients are being treated at
hospitals.
More than 800,000 adults may be unaware of
the ADHD outbreak. In fact, the number of patients diagnosed with ADHD is
increasing rapidly every year. Currently, there is no preventative method to
prevent the outbreak of ADHD, so it is important to recognize this fact as soon
as possible and recieve proper treatment.
Adult ADHD, which can be accompanied by
complications such as depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder if left
unattended. Why don't you look back on yourself for a normal social life before
your relationships with people around you get further away?
+ Adult ADHD Self-Diagnosis Table
l It is difficult to proceed with the work in order.
l Starts a lot of work at the same time, but find it not easy to
finish.
l During the conversation, becomes distracted and answers without
hearing the end of the conversation.
l Become careless and often makes mistakes.
l It's too difficult to sit back and concentrate.
l Speak straight away without thinking about what comes to mind
l Often obsessed with unnecessary worries.
l Feels nervous and anxious waiting for my turn.
l Can’t stop drinking, smoking, playing games, and so on.
l Can't sit still and wriggle my hands and feet.
l Talks too much.
l Often spend money impulsively.
l Hard to drive, like cutting in, speeding, etc.
Adult ADHDs are sometimes misunderstood as
"don't you think they are unnecessarily exaggerated, in a paraphrase of
forgetfulness that anyone can experience in a complex modern society?"
However, it is obvious that the symptoms of adult ADHD are medical entities,
and its roots are also in ADHD experienced as a child. That's why when
confirming adult ADHD, the suspected patient is checking whether he or she had
ADHD symptoms before age 12.
Recently, however, some argue that for
other reasons, it may also show symptoms of adult ADHD. Paradoxically, the
complex modern-day maladies actually lead to acquired adult ADHD symptoms. It's
stress.
Park Hye-yeon, a clinical psychologist says
that "The study of the relationship between stress and the brain has been
around for a long time, but it has traditionally focused on hippocampus areas
that control memory. When you inject the mouse with stress hormones, the
hippocampus area where the cortisol receptor is shrunk, and the mouse can't
find a maze. It means that stress affects memory. However, a later study of
primates found that stress affects not only the hippocampus but also the
prefrontal lobes." The fact that ADHD is caused by delayed growth of prefrontal
cortex is a reminder. If neurobiological causes are the main causes of ADHD,
stress can also cause similar symptoms.
Adult ADHD treatments can be controlled,
for example, by medication, but diagnosis is not fully organized, and symptoms
can appear in a wide variety of forms, so diagnosis and treatment should be
done more carefully. So if you're thinking, "Am I an adult ADHD?" you
need to talk to a professional and decide whether to start therapy or not,
instead of judging by yourself, through the Internet or a book.
Once diagnosed with adult ADHD, medication can
improve your concentration and stabilize your life. Through cognitive
behavioral therapy, you can learn how to organize and manage your thoughts
systematically, and through emotional conditioning training, you can learn how
to express your feelings in words and control your anger when you are out of
control. It is good to have a habit of 'schedule' through diaries or e-books,
and it is helpful to have hobbies that give off energy. I hope this article
will be informative to all adults and give way for people to heal them.