Talking about OCPD and OCD yesterday, made me remember about one of my bestiests. She claimed that she might be has and ADHD just recently. Coincidentally, I am currently following an online class about Introduction of ADHD, though I don't understand more than half of the classes. But again, another twist by the universe.
So, let's discuss a bit about what is ADHD. It is an abbreviation of Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder. It is defined as a psychiatric disorder and/or neurobehavioural disorder characterized by significant difficulties of paying attention (inattention) or hyperactivity and/or impulsiveness. Basically, it's a condition where somebody couldn't really paying attention on something more than ...well, let's say 5 minutes. People with ADHD are mostly restless, impulsive, lack of focus, having difficulty in prioritizing things, and even in worse cases, have low memory ability.
There are at least 3 potential classifications of ADHD - based on the symptoms: predominantly inattentive type, predominantly hyperactive-impulsive type, or the combined type.
Based on the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health, predominantly inattentive type symptoms may include:
- easily distracted, miss details, forgetful, and frequently switch from one activity to another without finishing the earlier one.
- have difficulty in maintaining focus on one task and get easily bored in a task within a few minutes.
- have difficulty in learning something new due to lack of focus.
- don't really listen to a conversation.
- daydreaming and move slowly.
- have difficulty in processing information and struggling to follow instructions.
Meanwhile, the hyperactive-impulsive type symptoms may include:
- nonstop talking and cannot seat still.
- impatient and tend to blurt out inappropriate comments without really think it in advance.
- having difficulty in doing quiet or motionless task
- well...basically they can't stop moving around, dashing around, moving anywhere.
What is basically the cause of ADHD? Some of the latest researches revealed that ADHD is highly related to a defect in the signal system in the brain, dopamine transporter to be more exact. Dopamine is one of neurotransmitter in the brain. generally, neurotransmitters are chemicals acted as signals in the brain and body. Dopamine plays important roles especially in motor control, motivation, reasoning, and reward, and arousal. Therefore, problems in the dopamine signalling system will lead to motor control and motivation rationality as seen in ADHD.
Now...are you really an ADHD patient?
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