Screen yourself for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder using the Adult Self-Report Scale.
Answer the following questions based on how you’ve felt and conducted yourself over the past 6 months.
1. How often do you have trouble wrapping up the final details of a project?
2. How often do you have difficulty getting things in order when you have to do a task that requires organization?
3. How often do you have problems remembering appointments or obligations?
4. When you have a task that requires a lot of thought, how often do you avoid or delay getting started?
5. How often do you fidget or squirm with your hands or feet when you have to sit down for a long time?
6. How often do you feel overly active and compelled to do things, like you were driven by a motor?
7. How often do you make careless mistakes when you have to work on a boring or difficult project?
8. How often do you have difficulty concentrating on what people are saying to you, even when they are speaking to you directly?
9. How often do you leave your seat in meetings or other situations in which you are expected to remain seated?
10. How often do you feel restless or fidgety?
11. How often do you have difficulty relaxing?
12. How often do you talk excessively?
13. How often do you interrupt others when they are busy?
14. How often do you have difficulty waiting your turn?
15. How often do you feel like you are ‘on the go’ or ‘driven by a motor’?
16. How often do you blurt out answers before the question has been completed?
17. How often do you have difficulty following through with instructions and failing to finish activities?
18. How often do you avoid or dislike tasks that require sustained mental effort?
19. How often do you lose things necessary for tasks and activities (e.g., keys, glasses, paperwork, etc.)?
20. How often do you get easily distracted by extraneous stimuli?