It is highly likely that you are presently suffering from adult attention deficit disorder, according to your responses on this self-report questionnaire. You should not take this as a diagnosis of any sort, or a recommendation for treatment. However, it would be advisable and likely beneficial for you to seek further diagnosis from a trained mental health professional immediately.

Very much

  • My thoughts bounce around as if my mind is a pinball machine.
  • I am unable to stop daydreaming.
  • I am distressed by the disorganized way my brain works.
  • I find it difficult to read written material unless it is very interesting or very easy.
  • In conversations, I start to answer questions before the questions have been fully asked.
  • I usually work on more than one project at a time, and fail to finish many of them.

Quite a lot

  • At home, work, or school, I find my mind wandering from tasks that are uninteresting or difficult.
  • Especially in groups, I find it hard to stay focused on what is being said in conversations.
  • I am irritable, and get upset by minor annoyances.
  • I say things without thinking, and later regret having said them.
  • My relationships with people are made difficult by my tendency to talk first and think later.
  • I have trouble planning in what order to do a series of tasks or activities.
  • In group activities it is hard for me to wait my turn.
  • My brain feels as if it is a television set with all the channels going at once.
  • My mind gets so cluttered that it is hard for it to function.

Moderately

  • I have a quick temper... a short fuse.
  • I easily become upset.
  • I seem to be thin skinned and many things upset me.
  • I almost always am on the go.
  • My moods have highs and lows.
  • I make quick decisions without thinking enough about their possible bad results.

Somewhat

  • There is a lot of "static" or "chatter" in my head.

Just a little

  • I am more comfortable when moving than when sitting still.
  • Even when sitting quietly, I am usually moving my hands or feet.
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