Difficulties experienced by children with ADHD may continue into adulthood. Adults with ADHD may potentially experience significant challenges due to the disorder when compared to their non-ADHD peers.

Potential Challenges of ADHD

Surveys have shown that adults with ADHD may be:

• Three times more likely to be currently unemployed
• Two times more likely to have problems keeping friends
• Forty-seven percent more likely to have trouble saving money to pay bills
• Two times more likely to have been arrested
• Nearly two times more likely to have been divorced
• Two times more likely to rarely or never use birth control
• Four times more likely to have contracted a sexually transmitted disease
• Forty-seven percent more likely to have received more than one speeding ticket in a 12-month period
• Seventy-eight percent more likely to be addicted to tobacco
• Two times more likely to have been involved in three or more car crashes

So why share this information, if it’s potentially disheartening? It’s important to understand how ADHD may impact your child’s life now and in the future. These kinds of statistics reinforce that the symptoms of ADHD may lead to potentially serious consequences. If you have concerns, have your child evaluated.

Are you ready to visit the physician to discuss ADHD? Find a doctor near you or document your child's symptoms.