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Adult ADHD Screening

This short screening asks about common patterns of attention, focus, and restlessness in adults. It takes about 5 minutes. This is not a diagnosis.

How often do you have trouble wrapping up the final details of a project once the challenging parts are done?

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How often do you have difficulty getting things in order when you have to do a task that requires organization?

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How often do you have problems remembering appointments or obligations?

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When you have a task that requires a lot of thought, how often do you avoid or delay getting started?

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How often do you fidget or squirm with your hands or feet when you have to sit down for a long time?

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How often do you feel overly active and compelled to do things, like you were driven by a motor?

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How often have you developed personal systems, workarounds, or rules that help you function, but feel fragile or exhausting to maintain?

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How often do you rely on urgency, anxiety, or last-minute pressure to get started or finish something?

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How often do ordinary responsibilities require much more time, planning, or mental effort than other people would guess?

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How often can you focus intensely on something interesting but struggle to direct that same attention toward something necessary?

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How often do you appear organized or successful while privately feeling depleted, overwhelmed, or dependent on elaborate systems to keep up?

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How often do you need significant recovery time after periods of sustained focus, work, or social demand — even when things went well?

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