What are some signs of ADHD?

I've realized i have a very short attention span and it takes me forever to get my work done in my child psych class we were learning about ADHD and i was wondering if that could be why my work has always suffered

Do you enjoy the child psych class? I mean have you a real interest in learning it? What about the other classes on your course? It might be that this is a difficult class?
Apply it to other areas of life...can you sit through a film without getting confused about characters? can you follow stories that your friends chat about?
If you are finding it hard to keep up with lots of things then it might be ADHD but im guessing the class is a bit boring

Most people wonder if they have ADHD when they first hear the symptoms. Because everyone suffers from the problems of ADHD to some degree but that doesn't mean they have the disorder.

Everyone has a different level of attention span. Think of it like height. Everyone is born a different height, some are tall and some are short. But then there are some that are born outside of what is "normal" and they may be a dwarf. There are lots of short people around but they aren't dwarfs.

The same with ADHD, there are people who concentrate well and poorly but only a few have a severe disorder of the brain. having a short attention span doesnt make you ADHD.

This is a sevcere in born disorder., Unless is is wreaking serious havoc in your life and causiong major impariments, like failure at school, being expelled form school, being in troublke all day and eeveryday then its not ADHD.

take this test and it will tell you: http://psychcentral.com/quizzes/adultadd...