Can Adults with ADHD act childish at times?
2006-06-18 20:53:59 · 9 answers · asked by BIG_STING_9 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
All adults can act childish at times, but people with a short attention span, and poor emotional control do so more often.
2006-06-18 21:06:34 · answer #1 · answered by judy_r8 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Seems like no one wants to shoot straight from the hip but the answer is yes, Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder not only causes a short attention span but it also tends to make most afflicted with it, very emotional. The tricky thing is however, it affects people differently, child and adult both. Not everyone reacts the same. I grew out of mine and have since been tested. I managed to somehow grow out of it by my mid 20's. Most don't grow out of it, it's something your born with. In fact some people may not even become affectedby it until a alter part int hier life AS adults. There's so much still unknown about this disease that infact they still aren't down to an exact science on how to treat it and over medicating patients tends to be a overly abundant problem. Also people tend to be misdiagnosed with it, a study in a New York public school showed that a doctor had overdiagnosed people on a regular basis to the point each classroom on average had 6-8 ADHD diagnosed children. This obviously wound up disputed and it was proven that many children were misdiagnosed and some infact were perefctly healthy normal children. As adults we are more disciplined, making ADHD harder to detect by the untrained eye. Some do act childish, most generaly don't, each case has a different level of severity.
2006-06-18 21:03:36 · answer #2 · answered by Greg C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All adults with or without ADHD act childish at some point.
2006-06-18 20:57:33 · answer #3 · answered by scavenger_meat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
anyone can ask childish whether with adhd or not - but mainly adult adhd are terribly disorganized and have a hard time staying in one place
2006-06-18 20:57:16 · answer #4 · answered by prettymama 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anyone can be childish. people with ADHD tend to have short attention spans and unabble to sit still. There maturity level will guage how childish they are.
2006-06-18 20:56:06 · answer #5 · answered by peorias_own_joker 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am an adult with ADHD, and being childish is ususally not one of my symptoms. It is mainly impulsiveness and innatention.
2006-06-18 20:57:04 · answer #6 · answered by DL 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2006-06-18 20:55:29 · answer #7 · answered by heather47374 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-06-18 20:55:48 · answer #8 · answered by Vidra 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how am i suposed to know? im not an adult
2006-06-18 20:55:43 · answer #9 · answered by columbia 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋