What are the mental effects of ADHD?

Answer 1

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder may be accompanied by other diagnoses including depression or learning disabilities. But even without such complications, the child and later the adult with ADHD grows up hearing so many "stop that" when he starts an argument or fight because he craves the stimulation of action or drama that he thinks of himself as badly behaved. If he doesn't remember to do things he was supposed to do, he grows up hearing big parental sighs and scoldings and big zeros on the teacher's grade book. If he gets distracted and doesn't complete tasks, he is criticized. People tell him he's lazy or doesn't care about the way the house looks, how well he does in school, other people's feelings. So very shortly, he has low self-esteem and the feeling that he is broken and he can't fix himself. That is a power psychological effect, don't you think?

Answer 2

The mental effects of ADHD vary from individual to individual. They are the effects that don't necessarily present visibly to people observing a person with ADHD. These include: warped sense of time and space, lack of executive functioning (planning out tasks, keeping track of time, prioritizing work to do), poor memory, and anxiety and depression.