Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), which is thought to be mostly seen in children, is seen in 4% of adults. Behaviors such as rapid emotional ups and downs, excessive mobility, inability to stay still, inability to concentrate and focus on a task for a long time, inability to make good use of time, talking too much, difficulty in obeying the rules in traffic may be harbingers of ADHD. ADHD, which affects the person's life academically, professionally, socially and emotionally, can be treated.
Üsküdar University NP Etiler Medical Center Specialist Clinical Psychologist Serkan Elçi said that Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), which is commonly thought to be seen in children, also occurs in adults and affects the quality of life of the person.
Expert Clinical Psychologist Serkan Elçi noted that Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), which has been mentioned in many publications in recent years and has increased clinical applications, is a disorder that causes serious difficulties especially in academic life, affects social relations and thus causes negativities in emotional relationships. Elçi said, "In addition to physiological causes, the social environment, exposure to insufficient or excessive stimuli and social experiences also show themselves as triggers of this disorder."
It is seen in 4% of adults
Specialist Clinical Psychologist Serkan Elçi said that ADHD is seen in 8% of the population in childhood, 6% in adolescence and 4% in adults. Elçi said, "Different features of ADHD can occur at different ages. A child who is absent-minded, forgetful and inattentive may become restless, quickly bored and unable to concentrate on a task for a long time in adulthood.
ADHD should be treated
ADHD that goes unrecognized and untreated in childhood can progress into adulthood. It is known that individuals with ADHD and adolescence may tend towards risky behaviors. The person in adolescence, who is not treated in childhood, applies for treatment with these risky behaviors. If there is no application in this period, the spectrum progresses until adulthood."
Tendency to addiction in men; quick attachment in women
Serkan Elçi noted that although it is seen that girls are diagnosed more in childhood, there is no significant difference between the genders in adulthood and said, "The difference in terms of content is seen in men; tendency to alcohol - substance addiction, dangerous driving, fanaticism, impatience, while in women; features such as quick attachment - falling in love, shopping - consumption addiction, impulsive behavior can be seen. As in all disorders, early diagnosis and treatment will help developmental periods to progress more healthily."
Pay attention to these symptoms!
Specialist Clinical Psychologist Serkan Elçi listed the symptoms of ADHD in adults as follows:
1.Rapid emotional ups and downs
2.Excessive mobility, inability to sit still
3. Inability to concentrate on a task for a long time - inability to focus
4.Continuous procrastination
5. Failure to make good use of time
6.Easy to get angry
7.Difficulty managing stress
8.Forgetfulness, frequently losing things or not remembering where they were put
9.Difficulty listening, frequent interruptions
10.Excessive talking
11.Sleeping too much or experiencing frequent insomnia
12. Dealing with many tasks at the same time and not being able to finish any of them
13.Easy boredom, inability to stay in the same place for a long time
14. Moving hands and feet, shaking legs
15. Difficulty in obeying the rules in traffic, etc. 4-5 of the symptoms at the same time and for a long time are seen among the symptoms of Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
The person's life is affected in every aspect
Serkan Elçi noted that ADHD in adults can affect the person's life academically, professionally, socially and emotionally, and that psychological tests and imaging methods can initially determine whether it is due to a physiological cause, and that medication and therapy are carried out together in ADHD due to physiological causes.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy may be more effective
Serkan Elçi noted that since someone with ADHD will get bored quickly in the therapy process as in most things, a structured, solution-oriented Cognitive Behavioral Therapy method that also uses exercises should be applied to the person, Serkan Elçi said, "In addition to this therapy technique, adopting additional treatment with systems that strengthen attention, memory, perseverance, visual - sensory memory, accompanied by an expert with a computer will help the process to progress faster and solution-oriented. The issues in the life of the individual diagnosed with ADHD who is undergoing this type of treatment process and the stress caused by this disorder should also be addressed. Not only the individual with the diagnosis, but also the people living together should be included in the process. It has been observed that individuals who have undergone the above-mentioned treatment can continue their lives in a healthy way in adulthood as well as in childhood."
