https://digitaltibetan.win/wiki/Post:How_Get_Diagnosed_With_ADHD_Altered_My_Life_For_The_Better How to Get a Diagnosis of ADHD A diagnosis of ADHD is a challenge for a lot of adults. Some feel relief in realizing their struggles, whereas others feel grief that they missed opportunities to live their lives because of symptoms that went untreated for so long. A health care professional or mental health professional can diagnose ADHD by analyzing the person's mood and past mental and medical health issues as well as their childhood behavior and school experience. The assessment usually includes ADHD symptoms checklists and standard scales of rating. Symptoms People with ADHD have difficulty completing tasks that require mental effort or attention to detail. In many cases, these problems result from other underlying issues like depression or addiction disorders. Making sure you are diagnosed with ADHD is the first step to gaining control over symptoms that wreak havoc in personal and professional life. The symptoms of ADHD generally begin in the early years of childhood and persist throughout adulthood. To be diagnosed with ADHD, symptoms must result in significant impairment in at minimum two areas of a person's life (home, school and at work). To meet the criteria they must last for at least six months and cannot be explained by other mental disorders such as anxiety disorders, mood disorders dissociative disorder, personality disorders. The health professional will also go over the patient's medical and mental history. They will also talk with the person, and if possible their family members, in order to gain an understanding of the behavior of children. The health care professional might also review the patient's current workplace and home environment and speak with their teachers. The American Psychiatric Association provides clinical guidelines for diagnosing ADHD in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Edition. To be diagnosed with the