This Is How To Determine If You Have ADHD
Change Your Brain Every Day
Dr Daniel Amen
4.7 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2026
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
How do you know if you have ADHD? It's a question many people would love an answer to, but don't know where to ask. In this clip, taken from Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen's television special "Healing ADD", the Amens discuss the telltale symptoms of one who suffers from ADHD.
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| 0:00.0 | Every day you are making your brain better or you are making it worse. |
| 0:07.0 | Stay with us to learn how you can change your brain for the better every day. |
| 0:16.0 | So how do you know if you are a loved one has ADD? |
| 0:20.0 | Answer these five questions. Do you have a loved one has ADD, answer these five questions. |
| 0:22.4 | Do you have a short attention span? |
| 0:24.9 | Unless you are really interested? |
| 0:27.8 | Are you easily distracted? |
| 0:30.0 | Do you struggle with organization? |
| 0:32.1 | Do you tend to procrastinate? |
| 0:33.8 | And do you get yourself into hot water by saying or doing stupid things? |
| 0:39.3 | If you answered yes to three or more, and these symptoms interfere with your life, you may have ADD. |
| 0:47.3 | Let's talk about each of these symptoms in more detail. |
| 0:50.3 | A short attention span is the hallmark symptom of ADD, but it is not short attention |
| 0:56.6 | span for everything. |
| 0:58.4 | People with ADD typically have trouble with regular routine everyday attention, such as for |
| 1:04.3 | homework, paperwork, or chores. |
| 1:06.7 | A great question to help diagnose ADD is how long does it take to do a half an hour of homework |
| 1:12.9 | or a typical chore. |
| 1:15.0 | If it's longer than an hour, think ADD. |
| 1:18.2 | But what confuses most people is that people with ADD can usually pay attention just fine |
| 1:24.8 | for things that are new, novel, highly interesting, stimulating, or frightening. |
| 1:31.4 | Researchers have found that people who have ADD have low levels of the stress hormone |
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