ADHD or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is usually experienced by some children and is said to continue till the adulthood. It is mental disorder wherein the kids are unable to pay attention and might lose control over their impulses. All these symptoms have a bad effect on the school life thereby making them weak in studies. Even their home life is affected to a large extent as the parents have to suffer a lot. As per the research, it has been found that ADHD is more common in boys as compared to the girls and this develops during the school time. This problem is quite prominent even in some adults but their symptoms vary from that of the children.

Symptoms of ADHD

Though the symptoms of ADHD vary from children to children but still there are few common symptoms that you will come across.

• Daydreaming
• Inability to focus
• Making careless mistakes
• Very talkative
• Inability to manage tasks on their own
• Forget things
• Always moving
• Leaving the work or tasks incomplete

These are just a few of them and these differ from kid to kid. The above mentioned symptoms are for the children and in case of the adults these are not very similar. The adults will usually suffer from low esteem; get frustrated easily, anxiety, mood swings, depression, inability to concentrate etc. As the symptoms vary, it is quite difficult to diagnose the problem. So it is better to go for the ADHD assessment test which will assure whether a person is suffering from this disorder or not. 

ADHD causes
Though there is no clear information about the causes of ADHD but still there are some that are given by the different doctors.

• Usually ADHD is hereditary and this means that the kids can get it from their parents.
• If the mother does not takes proper diet during the pregnancy there are higher chances that the child may from ADHD.
• Brain injury is yet another reason as why their brain is less active from the others.
• Sometimes the toxins in the body itself stop the development of the brain either partially or fully thus causing ADHD.

ADHD assessment test
Diagnosing this disorder is quite typical and for this your doctor can ask you to take number of tests to assure this fact. CT scan, thyroid scan and blood test are some of the common ones that the doctor recommends to the patient. Once these ADHD assessment test is complete, the reports are studied by the doctor. Together with the test the doctors also talk to the patient’s parents to find out the symptoms. Basically, there are two types of disorders; one is the inattentive type while the other is hyperactive impulsive type. As symptoms for both of them are different the doctor needs to consult the parents and then decide in which category the patient lies. Then you have the third type which is a combination of the two and can affect both the kids as well as the adults. It is very important to diagnose the problem as soon as possible so that the best measures can be taken to get over it. 

Treatment
There are medications available to change the behavior because no treatment can fully overcome this disorder. Some of the experts even suggest therapies which are effective to a large extent and improving the mental ability. Counseling or psychotherapy is yet another treatment which you can try to improve the behavior of the child and inculcate positive attitude in them. For further help you can get in touch with the doctors who will recommend the best treatment.