WHAM - Women Health & More https://wham.com.mt/author/mel-mcelhatton/ By informing and empowering women, discussing, and promoting women’s lived experiences, celebrating women’s achievements, and sharing our concerns and interests, we hope that we can empower women to lead better, healthier, and happier lives Thu, 03 Mar 2022 20:02:29 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://wham.com.mt/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cropped-Site-Icon-32x32.png WHAM - Women Health & More https://wham.com.mt/author/mel-mcelhatton/ 32 32 Recognising ADHD in Adults https://wham.com.mt/recognising-adhd-in-adults/ Thu, 03 Mar 2022 20:02:26 +0000 https://wham.com.mt/?p=9593 ADHD is short for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. In reality, this name can be misleading, as ADHD is not a deficit of attention, but rather an inability to control your focus, meaning that your focus would shift constantly and without your control. Alternatively, you could hyper-fixate on a task, meaning that your focus remains on one task, also without your control, to the point that you could forget to eat or you miss an appointment because you were so focused on this other task. Not being able to control your focus also includes tasks which are considered to be important, such as work tasks, or

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