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| NOTE: Consider a criterion met only if the behavior is considerably more frequent than that of most people of the same mental age. |
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| A. A chronic disturbance in which at least fifteen of the following are present: |
| 1. A sense of underachievement, of not meeting one's goals (regardless of how much one has actually accomplished) |
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| 2.Difficulty getting organized. |
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| 3. Chronic procrastination or trouble getting started |
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| 4. Many projects going simultaneously; trouble with follow through. |
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| 5. Tendency to say what comes to mind without neccssarily considering the timing or apprpriateness of the remark. |
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| 6. A frequent search for high stimulation. |
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| 7. An intolerance of boredom. |
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| 8. Easy distractibility, trouble focusing attention, tendency to tune out or drift away in the middle of a page or a conversation, often coupled with an ability to hyperfocus at times. |
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| 9. Often creative, intuitive, highly intelligent. |
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| 10. Trouble in going through established channels, following "proper" procedure. |
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| 11. Impatient; low tolerance for frustration. |
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| 12. Impulsive, either verbally or in action, as in impulsive spending of money, changing plans, enacting new schemes or career plans, and the like. |
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| 13. Tendency to worry needlessly, endlessly; tendency to scan the horizon looking for something to worry about, alternating with inattention to or disregard for actual dangers. |
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| 14. Sense of insecurity |
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| 15. Mood swings, mood lability, especially when disengaged from a person or a project. (can suddenly go into a bad mood, then into a good mood, then into a bad mood all in the space of a few hours and for no apparent reasons. Are not as pronounced as those associated with manic-depressive illness or depression) |
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| 16. Restlessness. |
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| 17. Tendency toward addicitive behavior. |
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| 18. Chronic problems with self-esteem. |
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| 19. Inaccurate self-observation |
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| 20. Family history of ADD or manic-depressive illness or depression or substance abuse or other disorders of impulse control or mood. (But not necessary) |
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| B. Childhood history of ADD. (It may not have been formally diagnosed, but in reviewing the history, the signs and symptoms must have been there. |
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| C. Situation not explained by other medical or psychiatric condition. |
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