Dr. Kieran Kennedy

And we also know that, especially for adults, ADHD can look very different and can actually be quite subtle in a lot of ways.

So that sort of led to a bit of an explosion of info online and on social media, on TikTok, but also a bit of an explosion of people now seeking out diagnosis.

Yeah, I mean, the most common would be sort of the inattentive side, actually, especially for adults.

And so that would look like really struggling to focus is a very, very common kind of core symptom.

People might find it difficult to focus and...

lectures or with reading or study.

If they're studying, they might find it difficult to focus on tasks for work or even chores at home.

They find that they just lose their focus.

They get very distracted and jump into other things without finishing the first thing.

So that's common.

Hyperactivity is also common in adults, but rather than being

you know, a little kid rushing around and sort of smashing windows or anything like that.

For adults, that might just look like being very uncomfortable and restless if we have to sit still, or it might look like never really resting or slowing down.

You know, I think we all know someone who is kind of constantly rushing around and busy, never stopping, always on the go.

So that's really quite common as well.

Probably less common symptoms that people maybe wouldn't really realize can be difficulty actually retaining information.

So a lot of patients I see actually struggle to take in information that they've read or if they've talked to someone, they're sort of nodding along and smiling politely.

But then when that person walks away, they realize they didn't take any of that and they have no idea what they just asked them to do.

So retention and memory is part of ADHD.

And then impulsivity as well.