What are the symptoms?
Inattentiveness
- Easily distracted
- Difficulty following through on instructions
- Appearing to not listen
- Often loses things necessary for tasks or activities at school
Impulsivity
- Difficulty awaiting turns in games
- Interrupting conversations
- Intruding into others' games
- Blurting out answers to questions before they are completed
Hyperactivity
- Difficulty remaining seated
- Fidgeting with hands and feet
- Shifting from one uncompleted task to another
- Difficulty playing quietly
- Restless sleeper
Other frequent features
- Difficulty coping with peers
- Engaging in dangerous activities without thinking about the consequences
- High pain threshold
- Can be immature/clumsy
Conditions often coexisting with ADHD/HKD
- Specific Learning Difficulties
- Speech and Language Problems
- Dyspraxias (i.e. Clumsy, butter-fingered) and poor physical co-ordination skills
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- Conduct Disorder
- Mood Disorder
- Low Self Esteem