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difficulties staying on task being easily distracted constantly losing things and never finishing projects all are telltale signs of adult attention deficit disorder lots of people think they may have adult AVD but sometimes symptoms are the result of other issues let's go to Mayo Clinic to find out more about adult a DD because I've always had issues with concentration this is my craft room Lydia Gamal has adult attention deficit disorder or a DD when you have a DD sometimes it's overwhelming her symptoms are classic she'd start one task get distracted start another get distracted and another that you end up with a lot of started projects and nothing gets finished Lydia's symptoms began to disrupt life at home and at work it's data entry right now that's when she went to Mayo Clinic for help the notion of adult onset a DD is a bit of a misnomer the diagnostic criteria for a DD require the on set somewhere prior to age 12 dr. Glenn Smith says to have a DD as an adult you have to have had it as a child so people who come and say you know I have new attention problems that started only after age 20 we need to investigate further because it could be something like a mood disorder depression or even sleep deprivation Lydia can trace her symptoms to childhood her treatment is twofold the first is behavior modification she's devised routines to help keep her organized for example when I do laundry I dump it out on my bed fold and that means that I have to fold the laundry and put it away before I can go to bed and she color codes everything her craft room at work I do make this sometimes I forget where to put him she even color-coded her kids my oldest son Joshua his colors were blue and black Justin where's earthtones Andrews green and Alex where's Red's and it's the colors that they like being organized and not taking on too much at one time helps keep Lydia folk you have to figure out what is really bothering you and figure out a solution that you can turn into a routine so it happens automatically lydia also takes prescription stimulant medication you might wonder how a stimulant helps keep you focused doctor Smith says the theory behind these drugs is this one of the tasks of the frontal area of your brain is to determine what to focus on and when to act like a circuit breaker it blocks out distractions and suppresses impulses to act without thinking stimulant medication works by activating this area of the brain increasing the blocking activity which helps you stay focused and for me it works Lydia will likely have to deal with symptoms of a DD for the rest of her life but thanks to treatment and effort on her part that life is happy and full antidepressant medications are also sometimes...