by Nina Frerichs

Created on: June 19, 2010

*Introduction*

I have ADHD and I have known this since I was about 22. At that age I was officially diagnosed. Before that time, there never was anyone who told me I might have ADHD and even to my parents it didn’t occur. I did have a lot of typical ADHD symptoms but not all of the obvious ones so that’s why I was diagnosed so late. I am 26 now and the past four years I have dealt with many people who already thought they knew me before even talking to me.  So I am writing this article to give some information about ADHD in general, and I really hope it is useful for you!

*ADHD, what is it?*

ADHD is the abbreviation for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. This simply means that most people with ADHD have problems concentration, like to be the centre of attention, can be very impulsive and have a chaotic mind. But not all ADHD diagnosed persons have all of these problems. Sometimes only the impulsive part is showing and sometimes all of the symptoms occur. It can be very difficult for an ADHD diagnosed person to concentrate on for example work, school or household tasks. People with ADHD tend to start one activity (folding laundry for example) but once the phone rings, they forget they were doing laundry, and by the end of the day the laundry hasn’t been finished. This of course is a small example, but you have to imagine that most people with ADHD not only pick up the phone, they also think about a hundred other things while talking through the phone and they have difficulties focusing on the conversation.

ADHD can be inherited and you will never grow over it as it is a neurological disorder. Lots of people think ADHD goes away  once you grow older, but it has been proven that it never goes away but adult can handle their ADHD issues better and train themselves to not always react impulsively or chaotic. 

*Why ADHD is an advantage*

Most of the times I think having ADHD is annoying. But I also think there are a lot of fun sides to having ADHD. Most people with ADHD have loads of fun hobbies, are really creative, quick thinkers, can be real honest and do fun and crazy think any “normal”person might  not do because they like to choose the safe way. I for example have several hobbies, learned myself to sew, make jewelry, paint the walls, and all sorts of other things because I was way too impatient to ask someone to learn it to me (or do it for me). ADHD made me a pretty creative person. Besides that, most

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