SkipdirectlytositecontentSkipdirectlytopageoptionsSkipdirectlytoA-ZlinkAttention-Deficit/HyperactivityDisorder(ADHD)SectionNavigationCDCHomeFacebookTwitterLinkedInSyndicateWhatisADHD?Español(Spanish)MinusRelatedPagesOnthisPageSignsandSymptomsTypesCausesDiagnosisTreatmentsManagingSymptomsGetHelpADHDinAdultsMoreInformationADHDisoneofthemostcommonneurodevelopmentaldisordersofchildhood.Itisusuallyfirstdiagnosedinchildhoodandoftenlastsintoadulthood.ChildrenwithADHDmayhavetroublepayingattention,controllingimpulsivebehaviors(mayactwithoutthinkingaboutwhattheresultwillbe),orbeoverlyactive.COVID-19:InformationforparentingchildrenwithADHDLearnmoreSignsandSymptomsItisnormalforchildrentohavetroublefocusingandbehavingatonetimeoranother.However,childrenwithADHDdonotjustgrowoutofthesebehaviors.Thesymptomscontinue,canbesevere,andcancausedifficultyatschool,athome,orwithfriends.AchildwithADHDmight:daydreamalotforgetorlosethingsalotsquirmorfidgettalktoomuchmakecarelessmistakesortakeunnecessaryriskshaveahardtimeresistingtemptationhavetroubletakingturnshavedifficultygettingalongwithothersLearnmoreaboutsignsandsymptomsNeedhelp?GetinformationandsupportfromtheNationalResourceCenteronADHDexternaliconTypesTherearethreedifferenttypesofADHD,dependingonwhichtypesofsymptomsarestrongestintheindividual:PredominantlyInattentivePresentation:Itishardfortheindividualtoorganizeorfinishatask,topayattentiontodetails,ortofollowinstructionsorconversations.Thepersoniseasilydistractedorforgetsdetailsofdailyroutines.PredominantlyHyperactive-ImpulsivePresentation:Thepersonfidgetsandtalksalot.Itishardtositstillforlong(e.g.,foramealorwhiledoinghomework).Smallerchildrenmayrun,jumporclimbconstantly.Theindividualfeelsrestlessandhastroublewithimpulsivity.Someonewhoisimpulsivemayinterruptothersalot,grabthingsfrompeople,orspeakatinappropriatetimes.Itishardforthepersontowaittheirturnorlistentodirections.Apersonwithimpulsivenessmayhavemoreaccidentsandinjuriesthanothers.CombinedPresentation:Symptomsoftheabovetwotypesaree