ADHD in adults – a victim told open from his everyday life

“Don’t be so nervous!”, Andreas Schmidt often hears from interlocutors. “I’m not nervous, I am,” says the 61-year-old at the time. Electronics engineer

“Don’t be so nervous!”, Andreas Schmidt often hears from interlocutors. “I’m not nervous, I am,” says the 61-year-old at the time. An electronics engineer who does not want to publish his real name,) attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD. His disease produces unfocused, zappeligen children. Until 15 years ago, the prevailing opinion was that ADHD increases with puberty. However, more than half of those affected remain, even as adults, chaotic, unstable or impulsive. While children are mostly young due to ADHD therapy, later the gender ratio evens out.

As a child, Andreas Schmidt was always three or four things at the same time. In the afternoon, he rarely has a book, but somehow he came through school and training. That he might have ADHD dawned on him because the error was diagnosed when his then six-year-old son learned of a strong hereditary component. Reason, wrong processing of information in the brain, substances that play an important role in the transmission of signals from one nerve cell to another game. caused by an imbalance of neurotransmitters

ADHD in adults: when to treat?

“I lived for many years without problems,” says the father of a family from Schaumburg County on a walk along the Maschsee. It is difficult for him to sit still for a long time. At the age of 40, and then again at the age of 60, he fell into depression from a low level, he managed to free himself only by staying at the Clinic. In the spring, he started a self-help group for adults with ADHD to educate and help those affected.

a Mental disorder According to the Naddel diagnosis: adults with ADHD

they believe that according to experts approximately three percent of all adults have ADHD, which is more than two million people in Germany. In need of treatment, the disease is only if Affected limitations in everyday life, felt, says Michael Rösler, one of the researchers at Saarland University in Homburg. A professor of psychiatry created a phased treatment plan for adults. “You don’t need Kaçak İddaa to automatically get pills,” he says. At the beginning of knowledge about the disease and its impact on the rhythm of life.

often ADHD occurs in combination with other mental illnesses such as addictions, personality disorders or anxiety disorders as well as depression. Often lacking the ability to accurately assess danger, according to Rösler, an accident increases the risk.

As Andreas Schmidt asked 20 years ago if he could have ADHD, it was not taken seriously. “The doctors said, now the patient is a disease!” By the age of 60, he was first prescribed the drug methylphenidate on a trial basis. Since 2011, the drug has been approved for adults. He may be older, Rösler, due to lack of studies, but it is not prescribed.

the restlessness is sudden

disappeared “I took the pills, I was in my armchair and for the first time the “scene” looked from front to back,” says Schmidt. “Otherwise they jump me at least 20 times for a drink, a walk or anything else.” The restlessness in his legs, which deprived him of sleep at night, also disappeared.

he constantly does not want to take pills but. “I don’t have that tunnel vision and I’m looking right or left. This is boring,” says the tall, slim man. In the self-help group that meets once a month, there are mostly women between the ages of 30 and 60. “Women prefer to admit psychological problems,” says Schmidt. Some want to understand the causes of ADHD, others strategies for more structure in their daily lives and “the end of procrastination.”

Schmidt’s concern is to strengthen the self-esteem of all participants. “Many of them have experienced, especially rejection since childhood.” Most would not have difficulties in dealing with other people, most perceive themselves as sick. The 61-year-old doesn’t want to endorse the benefits in terms of: “ADHD families are just messy families, but also very creative families.”

Christina Stings/ikr / DPA Date of update: November 6, 2018, 08:00

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