ADHD IS A KID...

• forgetting his backpack

• being grumpy in the morning

• having a fit when plans change or something unexpected happens.

• getting in trouble for:

  • humming

  • pulling the pigtail hanging in front of him

  • sliding off his chair and chasing the pencil

  • rolling around on the floor

  • throwing spit wads

  • arguing with the teacher

• having no friends or belonging to a fringe group

• forgetting an assignment or forgetting to turn it in or choosing not to do it at all

• making failing grades

• pulling away from mom and running into the parking lot

• riding a bike into the street without looking

• sticking a finger into an electrical outlet

• falling out of a tree

• hanging himself accidentally on the gym set
  

ADHD IS AN ADULT…

• flunking out of college

• spending 10 years going to college

• going to eight different colleges

• changing majors five times

• not going to college

• flunking out of high school

• feeling stupid

• feeling inadequate

• feeling like a failure

• being fired from jobs

• going from job to job

• getting jobs below his intellectual ability

• feeling frustrated at being “passed over”

• having marital problems

• having financial problems

• having social problems and no friends

• getting divorced

• having mva accidents

• getting involved in substance abuse

• dying from mva, drugs, alcohol, road rage