ADHD is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), commonly known as ADHD.

 ADHD is not about willpower.

★ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder.

★The symptoms of ADHD are related to two neurotransmitters: dopamine and norepinephrine.

★The main symptoms of ADHD: distractibility, impulsivity, hyperactivity, procrastination, agitation, inattention, and impairment of executive function.

Knowing this, doesn’t it feel like you have another disease?ADHD just has a disorienting, goofy quality to it, and the common state of inattention.ADHD exists not only in children, but also in adults.

Many people fill out a scale online and say they have ADHD. Let’s not even talk about whether or not filling out a scale on your own would be like reading a horoscope interpretation of the right person. In fact, the diagnosis of ADHD is a very complex “project”. Even if the scale is consistent with the diagnosis of ADHD, it requires an experienced physician to take a history, conduct an observational interview, perform laboratory tests, and conduct a psychological evaluation.

So, what defines true ADHD? Or is there no such thing as an “inattentive” normal person? Next, we’ll answer the questions in depth and with specificity.

PART1 What is ADHD?

ADHD symptoms are not “qualitative” but “quantitative”, and to some extent represent the severity of ADHD symptoms.

What does this mean? Let’s not talk about ADHD, but let’s take the well-known depression as an example. People who suffer from depression definitely have depressive moods! For example: low mood and sadness! How many people have depressed moods in their lives? Too many, but you can’t say that if a person is depressed, he is depressed. Because there is always a stage in any person’s life when they are depressed. There are many indicators for the diagnosis of depression, and two of them are very important: it lasts for at least two weeks and it affects the normal functioning of society, for example, it impairs functioning in the areas of life, study and work.

Similarly, ADHD symptoms, such as: inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity, and other problems, are present in many of our lives. And, in all likelihood, ADHD symptoms are still very much evident at some point in our lives and we subjectively suffer in some way as a result. For example, when we suffer from chronic sleep, anxiety, and depression.

Therefore, many people think that they have ADHD. based on the diagnosis of ADHD in the American Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, there are a lot of indicators or requirements to diagnose ADHD, let’s pick out four of the very important indicators to say a few words.

PART2 ADHD Diagnostic Criteria

1) Persistence over time: ADHD symptoms have persisted for at least six months.

2) Serious impairment of social functioning: For example, a child with ADHD has difficulty concentrating and listening to his lessons, resulting in a serious lag in his academic performance; an adult who makes mistakes at work because of his ADHD symptoms has been fired many times, and this is what affects his social functioning. You say you have ADHD, but if all areas of your social functioning are intact, you certainly cannot be diagnosed with adult ADHD.

3) The “specificity” of the occurrence and interpretation of ADHD symptoms: these symptoms do not occur in the course of schizophrenia or other mental disorders, and are not well explained by other mental disorders. (Affective disorders, anxiety disorders, dissociative or personality disorders.) The following are some of the symptoms of schizophrenia

4) Diagnostic “quantitative” requirements: “Quantitative” changes lead to qualitative changes. Attention deficit or hyperactivity-impulsivity entries that meet at least six symptoms and do not correspond to developmental levels can be said to meet the diagnostic requirements on the symptomatology dimension.

ADHD is genetically, cerebrally, and cognitively different from the general population in so many ways that it is much more than just a diagnosis on a scale or outward behavioral inattention or hyperactivity.

If you answered “yes” to many of these questions, consider seeking medical attention. The earlier it is detected, the sooner it can be treated.