2. How often do you have difficulty getting things in order when you have to do a task that requires organization? [Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Often, Very Often]
3. How often do you have problems remembering appointments or obligations? [Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Often, Very Often]
4. When you have a task that requires a lot of thought, how often do you avoid or delay getting started? [Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Often, Very Often]
5. How often do you fidget or squirm with your hands or feet when you have to sit down for a long time? [Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Often, Very Often]
6. How often do you feel overly active and compelled to do things, like you were driven by a motor? [Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Often, Very Often]
Add up the answers that were sometimes or greater on q1-3, and often or greater on q4-6. If your number is 4 or more, then there is a 68.7% chance that you have adult ADHD. [1]
Not everyone feels like this, and there are treatments available.
See the full self-report screener, produced by the World Health Organization, here: https://www.hcp.med.harvard.edu/ncs/ftpdir/adhd/18Q_ASRS_English.pdf
1: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15841682
I'm beginning to believe that adult ADHD is woefully under-diagnosed in the entrepreneurial type population. I think it needs a crusade -- this would be an impactful set of people to help out!