ADHD Symptoms in Children

Does your child have symptoms of ADHD? Or is he just active and impulsive? Learn more about the diagnostic criteria for attention deficit, and how doctors diagnose children with the three sub-types of ADHD: hyperactive, inattentive, and combined.

ADHD in Children: Symptoms, Evaluations & Treatments

$The stereotypical ADHD patient is a 9-year-old boy who loves to jump off dangerously high things and never remembers to raise his hand in class. In reality, only a fraction of people with ADHD fits this description. Here are the three distinct presentations of ADHD:1. Predominantly Hyperactive/Impulsive – see above2. Predominantly Inattentive – lack of focus and attention are the primary symptoms, not hyperactivity3. Combined – when inattention and impulsivity go hand-in-hand$