| Everyone has trouble concentrating, restlessness | | | | relationships. Social, home and work settings are |
| and recollecting or losing things occasionally. | | | | also monitored. Cognitive/behavior treatment |
| However, inattentive or impulsive behavior that | | | | helps undo damaging affects of unhealthy views |
| never goes away could be a sign that you have | | | | and attitudes. Sometimes negative statements |
| adult ADD. There is a higher risk that you have | | | | are made to children, which influence them when |
| adult ADD if your problems have existed since | | | | they become adults. They may end up thinking |
| childhood. | | | | they are stupid or lazy. Cognitive behavior |
| A few experts think that there are parts of the | | | | treatment helps patients acquire positive thought |
| brain that have switches in activity levels. Areas | | | | patterns. |
| they believe are involved are the pre-frontal | | | | Sometimes a coexisting condition will be diagnosed |
| cortex, limbic system and reticular activating | | | | and ADD will be overlooked. In order for |
| system. The pre-frontal cortex has to do with | | | | treatment to be successful, accurate diagnoses |
| impulse control, organization, critical thought and | | | | need to be made of all conditions including ADD. |
| planning. The limbic system is where emotions and | | | | This often requires the physiotherapist and the |
| moods are controlled and the reticular activating | | | | physician to work together. Treatment |
| system includes things such as attention and | | | | sometimes entails multiple medications. |
| impulse. | | | | Living with ADD is different for everyone. You |
| Adults can have other problems if ADD goes | | | | can learn to manage your individual symptoms by |
| untreated. Every part of the sufferer's life is | | | | realizing that you do have strengths and positive |
| affected. Major depression can develop and some | | | | attributes. Brainstorming ideas usually come easily |
| people turn to alcohol or drug use to help them | | | | to people with ADD so you consider all ideas and |
| cope. If you are a sufferer, there are things that | | | | solve problems in a creative way. Having a lot of |
| can be done to help make the routine of life | | | | thoughts can add to the liveliness and enthusiasm |
| easier to handle. Tell everyone you know and | | | | in conversations. The high energy and drive won't |
| work with exactly what it is like to live with ADD, | | | | distract you from any interesting tasks you |
| educate yourself so you can learn the best way | | | | undertake. When you know what areas give you |
| to treat your symptoms and give yourself time | | | | the most trouble, you can work with your doctor |
| to have fun by doing whatever it is that you | | | | to find solutions. |
| enjoy. Relaxing or resting your body should also | | | | One therapeutic way to deal with struggles from |
| be done on a daily basis. | | | | ADD is to join a support group. An important |
| The treatment for adult ADD centers on | | | | adjunct to therapy is coaching. A coach can be |
| managing symptoms through behavior | | | | encouraging to you between your therapy |
| modification, medication or combining mediation | | | | sessions. The coach needs to make sure he is |
| and behavior therapy. Behavior therapy uses | | | | working toward the same goal as the therapist. |
| different learning techniques, which change human | | | | Effective treatment can cause encouraging things |
| behavior. Symptoms are monitored in a variety | | | | to happen if you live with adult ADD. |
| of areas such as interaction in the family unit or in | | | | |