Okay, so I think my daughter may have add or adhd, I'm not really sure of the symptoms and I don't want to go to the doctor without knowing if she actually has the symptoms.
So, she's 13 years old.
She will set something down and get distracted and go do something else. She loses things very easily. Maybe it's just a memory thing, but she gets distracted. She cannot keep still. She has to be moving her legs or something. even when she sleeps she isn't still! Does that sound like any form of add or adhd?
I'm including a couple of links to free tests. My suggestion is to sit down with your daughter and take them together if you can't answer all the questions based on your observation.
It certainly does sound like it could be ADD / ADHD, but there also could be other things going on.
Remember, she is going through puberty. that accounts for a great amount of change in a teenager's life. something to pay attention to – is she different from her peers in this way? Does it only happen at certain times of the month?
I'm an ADD'r and yes she does "sound" like one of us.
: )
But obviously more research is needed for a more definitive determination..
Does this hurt her you think in her school work or her social relationships at all.?
Do you see any ADD signs on your side of the family or your husbands?
Glad to help further if I can.
God Bless.
A great site for more insight….
drhallowell.com/
I'm not going to write an essay for you. Research for yourself.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention-d…
Does she tend to annoy her peers or laugh at everything? If so she might just have it.