What struggles do people with ADHD face?

People will experience ADHD a little differently per individual as with all experiences, however common struggles are being easily distracted, intrustive thoughts, impulsiveness, difficiult staying focused on what they want to do, trouble following or remember directions, difficulty reading lists or doing things in sequence, sometimes it is hard to keep up with promises even with best intentions, difficulty organizing activities; an adult who has struggled with adhd since childhood without assistance may also suffer from self-esteem issues and restlessness. It's not uncommon for people with adhd to have general anxiety, social anxiety, depression, challenges managing emotions, or extreme stress. It is frustrating to experience for the person with ADHD and the person may feel they are a burden to those around them even though the ADHD is not their fault. Imagine in a simple scenario, you wake up in the morning - you are now attacked by all of the things you can do that day all at once, it is immense pressure and hard to prioritize what you should do first - get dressed? pay bills? make a phone call? check on an app? eat something? Imagine that you are hungry, you go to the kitchen but on the way, you are thinking about what is happening tomorrow, what happened yesterday, what else you could be doing on your walk to the kitchen, if you have your phone with you, you might be looking at web sites or apps on your walk to the kitchen, continually being distracted until finally you may forget why you went to the kitchen in the first place, you are already doing a million other things, the moment when you wanted to go to the kitchen feels like it was hours ago even though only a minute has passed. Imagine that you are in a relationship with someone whom you love very much, you want to make them happy and show them that you care, and you do your best, you are always doing little things for them, but you also forget things to do for them that you said you would, this makes you feel frustrated and when you see that your partner is disappointed, you feel even worse. People with ADHD need a lot of encouragement. Positive reinforcement. Negative reinforcement does not help with ADHD at all, it only spirals the ADHD out and magnifies any other symptoms that the person has such as depression or low self-esteem. Patience, compassion, and love is key for both people in this situation. ADHD is not a bad thing. Many people with ADHD accomplish great things, can become innovators, motivators, or successful in many areas of their life. Having ADHD does not mean that someone is crazy. If you know someone with ADHD, let them know that you're there for them, that you accept them and love them. If you have ADHD, try to be patient with yourself, compassion for yourself. There is more and more reading material and research on ADHD than ever before, it's okay to do some research for yourself or speak to a professional about it. Good luck and be well.

Hi there :) Difficulty concentrating and sustaining attention, fidgeting, becoming bored and distracted easily, zoning out, forgetting things even when being spoken to directly, trouble keeping deadlines, and a general inability to capitalise on ones full potential. Hope that gave you a bit of insight there :)

For most people doing chores is simple, but with ADHD you start one thing the realize that something else needs to be done that kind of relates to the chore you are doing. By the end of the day you worked all day but didn't really accomplish any other the things you intended to.

Some of the many struggles those of us with ADHD face are not being understood, having trouble focusing on what the content of what someone's saying when they speak to you, and easily losing track of time.

Focusing and remembering things are 2 things that are rally hard for people with ADHD. These struggles affect them in their everyday lives and makes it hard to do tasks sometimes.

My biggest struggle is an inability to get easy tasks done. It affects me most when I'm doing something I don't like to do. I have trouble reading things that don't interest me. School was very hard for me.

It is very hard for me to get started. Hard to get out of bed, into the shower, out the door to work and to work on time. That is struggle 9,999 of 10,000 so far :)

As with any mental illness, each person is different. Some common struggles are inability to focus and apply full effort to tasks as well as things like not recognizing social cues from lack of attention which can lead to social problems, depression or anxiety.

People with ADHD face many problems, aside from the attention issues and hyperactivity; I know firsthand. Firstly, they can sometimes feel below their peers. Because they don't learn the same, or as quickly, they can almost feel "dumber." Secondly, ADHD medications can cause severe depression and anxiety. But when they don't take the medication, they're hyperactive or distracted. It's like a game of "pick your poison." Lastly, the ADHD medications make you mellow, so that's what people expect from you. They learn to be friends with someone that you are not. Then when you don't take your medications one day, they don't like who you really are. People with ADHD face many problems.

Well I have ADHD and mostly none if you take your meds, but if you don't you do things on impulse, get distracted easily, impatient, things like that. Then you have to deal with people getting frustrated with you because then expect for you to act a certain way. It can lead to alot of problems if you are in school also. Like bullying, making bad grades, always getting trouble, things like that.

It can depend on the age. A child with ADHD is normally fidgety, can't stop moving, tendencies to daydream, goes into things without going through them, has problems following even the easiest of instructions etc. whereas adults normally have things like speeding, difficulty organising, bad concentrations, starting things without listening to instructions, making sudden impulsive decisions. It can all be treated thought normally with either medications (usually stimulants) or behavioural interventions.

People with ADHD have a problem with concentration and attention. They are also impulsive and hyperactive. When you're having a conversation with someone instead of focusing on their words you start to look at how fast or slow their lips or moving, their hand gestures, everything that is not what you should focus on. Or you just get lost in your mind, maybe what the person said brought up a memory that you start to think about instead. This can make the other person very upset as they think you're not listening. It's hard to focus on things that you find boring, but when you find something interesting it's hard to stop doing it and you hyper focus on it instead. It's hard to sit still, you always want to move. You forget small things, example where you put your phone, because you never really focused on the phone, you focused on the interesting thoughts in your mind.

I've struggled most with accepting the fact that I have this condition. Sometimes, strangers, and even friends, will comment on my darting attention or my inability to stay attentive for long periods of time. It gets tiring explaining to them what ADD is, the chemistry behind it all, and that's one of the biggest struggles I've faced.

Where to begin? From my personal experience ADHD can have many struggles. On he flip side I also believe it has many perks. But for the purpose of this question I will only address the struggles. ADHD has three different types. There is the inattentive type. This type is know for having trouble listening, difficulty not being able to focus on the current task or discussion. They get bored easily and it makes it difficult for them to remember details, responsibilities, conversations etc. It also poses the struggle of interrupting people. The second type is the hyperactive type. This type brings about struggles with feeling the need to move around, inability to sit still, no ‘filter’ (I don’t know what else to call it) where you may blurt things out at the wrong time etc. This is more the general stereotype of ADHD (however it is only part of the diagnosis) and lastly the third type is a combination of both. These all have their own struggles and can cause others to view you as: not paying attention, forgetful, flaky, hyper, sometimes annoying and rude- constant interruptions etc, some ppl may view it as lazy too. People with ADHD generally have trouble managing their emotions as well. Their sense of time is that there are only two times; “Now” or “Not Now” so things can seem very urgent for the. Emotions can hit much harder than they would to someone without ADHD. I could talk about ADHD for hours lol. So that’s my brief answer. Please feel free to message me with any direct questions you may have. :)

Well it effects people many different ways, for example struggling to get out of bed and needed a distraction, also it's very common for people with ADHD to have very mixed emotions as its very hard for some people to deal with.

Struggling with ADHD, thingss that healthy people find easy are really hard. Submitting and expense, sitting through a movie, remembering things can all be daily challenges.

Trouble getting organized. Poor listening skills. Get distracted easily. Always hyper. Trouble relaxing. Trouble making friends. Over reacts to situations. Not very reliable.