NEW YORK (AP) – Allison Burke’s young daughter is struggling with the growing trend of uncontrollable emotions, shrinking attention and delay. A family doctor suggested ADHD testing, which led to an unexpected discovery: teen was ADHD, and Burke did.
While diagnosing her daughter, Burke thought, “Stop for a minute. It looks familiar,” she remembered.
“I was able to combine that this was probably what I was experiencing,” said Burke from Columbus, Ohio. He then conducted his test and was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 42.
Most adults are being diagnosed with attention/hypertension disorder. Diagnosis has been increasing for decades, but it seems that in the past few years it has increased.
A recent Study It was suggested that more than 15 million American adults – 1 out of about 17 – was diagnosed with ADHD. This condition always begins in childhood, but it is diagnosed in almost half of adults when they are 18 or older.
Some doctors say the number of people coming for diagnosis is touching the sky.
“In our clinic, in the past two years, the diagnosis applications have doubled,” said Justin Barterin, a psychologist at Ohio State University.
There is a look at this trend here, and how to know if you may have this situation.
ADHD symptoms in adults
ADHD makes it difficult for people to pay attention and overcome impressive attitudes. It can be inherited, and is often treated with medicines, behavioral therapy, or both.
“It looks like you have an engine inside and you think it’s always running, and you can’t close it other than medicines,” said Judy Sandler, a 62 -year -old Mine woman whose 50s of her I was diagnosed.
ADHD is the most commonly called mental health disorder in American children, with more 7 million Diagnosis of children. Historically, it was primarily thought of affecting boys (perhaps because the ADHD boys were seen as a more interrupted in school) and this is something that made children grow up. Yes.
But experts believe that many people are not diagnosed as children and live with symptoms in youth.
Adults with this situation talk about focusing on tasks, fulfilling responsibilities, and difficulty in planning and management of their time. Let’s talk about not removing things, and tackles personal relationships with your anxiety, mood change and emotionalism.
Burke said she was group with talented and talented students in grade school but did not complete the college until the 30s, because “when I was 19 years old, I hit the whole country” and He became the only mother in the early 20s. Now she works in marketing and media relations for Ohio State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine.
Diagnosis is increasing.
Diagnosis is increasing in both children and adults, and recent government reports have found that ADHD was more common in adults than previously estimates.
“We have (Federal) adults’ ADHD data for a long time,” said one of the authors of the study, Angelica Klosson, the centers of disease control and prevention centers.
He added that there were indicators of rise. The increasing demand for ADHD medicine spreads massively Deduction After the Covid-19 pandemic disease was killed in March 2020 The study of 2023 It is evident that the increase in prescriptions was especially notable in adults, especially in women.
ADHD diagnosis and prescriptions were growing before the disease, partially due to a change in general diagnostic standards in 2013, which expanded the definition of ADHD and reduced the number of symptoms needed to the patient.
But the number of cases was actually increasing in 2020, when schools were closed and many adults were forced to work home.
“It is very difficult to focus when you are at home and you have children,” Klosson said. Before the epidemic, “he has increased the symptoms for those who had light ADHD but they were able to cope with it”.
How ADHD is diagnosed in adults.
Over the past few years, cultural acceptance and curiosity about this situation have increased, which has been due to “I have ADHD” social media videos and online medical startup companies offering 5 minutes of diagnostic quiz.
In fact, the long -lasting beliefs that ADHD has been diagnosed in adults has given the way to recent discussions about whether it has been more diagnosed.
There is no blood test or mental scan for ADHD. Experts say it is diagnosed when the symptoms are so severe that the problems can cause problems in multiple areas of life, and when these symptoms can be detected in the early childhood.
Experts say that for example, a psychologist or psychologist diagnose it with cautious dates to patients and people who know them. They can also ask patients to take tests designed to test their memory and ability to focus. Doctors should also reject anxiety, depression and other situations that may have similar symptoms.
But meeting with mental health professionals may take months, and the deep diagnosis of ADHD can cost thousands of dollars. Many patients turn to family doctors or even online diagnostic quizes, some of which are linked to television companies that suggest medicines.
“The ways to diagnose people in this country, how hard they are, and who they diagnose, are widely changed,” said Margaret Sebley, a psychologist at the University of Washington.
The American Professional Society of ADHD and related disorders are developing the first national set of diagnosis and treatment guidelines for health professionals that treat adults, and are expected to be released later this year. –
The purpose is “improve the accuracy of diagnosis in this country,” said Sebley, who is leading work on instructions.
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