ADHD 

If you are unsure of what ADHD is and what the symptoms may feel like check out the list below. This is not an extensive list just a few examples for more information contact me or google "ADHD in adults".

Some people will have more of the inattentive behaviours whilst other the more hyperactive or you may have a combination of both.

Inattentive - 

• Often find it hard to pay attention
• Mood swings that come and go which may feel similar to anxiety or depressive episodes and or a quick temper 
• Feelings of inadequacy and frustration 
• A feeling of not being consistent with your thoughts, feelings or behaviour
• Often find it hard to listen as you drift off with your own thoughts or all of a sudden everyone else’s conversation in the room is all you can hear
• Become easily distracted from everyday tasks, work, making a shopping list, putting laundry away etc.
• You make careless mistakes and have difficulty with the detail of tasks even when you are making a conscious effort to focus
• Often has difficulty focusing following instructions, work, following directions, a recipe etc.
• Often disorganised,  organising day to day tasks feels insurmountable, work projects, running late, housework, weekly shop, social calendar, family, children, getting dressed
• Frequently losing important items, keys, wallet/purse, phone, glasses
• Often forgets things, meetings, social events, birthdays, anniversaries, to reply to an email or text, apply for jobs, send tax return etc.
• Frequently avoids doing or committing to things that require an ongoing mental effort.

Hyperactivity - 

• Feelings of impatience with self and others
• Quick unexplainable mood swings 
• Feeling inconsistent with your feelings and behaviour
• Feeling very energised, taking on lots of tasks and believing them to be achievable
• Finds it hard to sit down and remain seated, a real urge to get up and be busy doing, difficulty sitting for periods of time in a restaurant, meeting, cinema, 
• Trouble turning your brain off at night from constant chatter 
• Find yourself talking too much and don’t always notice when others have lost interest in what you are saying
• Often interrupts to talk impulsively over others, feel it difficult to wait your turn in a conversation
• Finding yourself intently focused (hyper focused) on a task even when you know you have to stop/leave to do something else
• Often fidget with hands, or objects, have a tendency to bite your nails, lip or inside of  your mouth

Other lesser publisised issues may include

• Eating disorders / disorded eating particularly binge eating
• Premenstrual mood shifts that are difficult to cope with
• Addictions, the all or nothing tendency lends itself to addictive behaviours
• Dyscalculic
• Dyspraxia
• Dysgraphia
• Dyslexia