ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER (ADD) and HYPERACTIVITY
Symptoms of ADD include frequent careless mistakes in work, school, or other activities, difficulty sustaining attention, often not seeming to listen, not finishing tasks or following directions, difficulty organizing, avoiding tasks that require sustained attention, losing necessary things for school or work, forgetfulness, and easy distractibility. Hyperactivity symptoms include fidgeting, difficulty sitting still, restlessness, running and climbing excessively in inappropriate situations, talking excessively, impulsivity, interrupting others, and difficulty waiting one's turn. In both disorders, symptoms are noted before age 7 and significantly impair function in two or more settings.