Free Guide to ADHD in Older Adults
Bring this Patient Resource to your next doctor’s appointment to guide discussion of the safety of prescription stimulants, the importance of a diagnosis, and the nuances of having ADHD as an older adult.
What Your Doctor Needs to Know About ADHD in Older Adults
Discover why stimulants are safe to treat ADHD in most older adults and how an ADHD diagnosis benefits health & wellbeing at any age, plus get more insights and strategies from ADDitude.
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ADHD doesn’t disappear with age. Yet many health professionals are not trained to consider it in patients older than 50, leaving many adults with ADHD symptoms undiagnosed or misdiagnosed. Complicating this is that seniors with ADHD experience unique and evolving symptoms that are commonly mistaken for — and overlap with — normal signs of aging.
Even after an ADHD diagnosis, many clinicians are reluctant or refuse to prescribe stimulant medications due to conflicting or outdated information, leaving many older adults with ADHD without proper treatment.
It’s never too late to seek a diagnosis and symptom relief. Use this Patient Resource to begin conversations about and pursue an evaluation for ADHD as an older adult.
In this download, you will learn
- Why it’s never too late for an ADHD diagnosis
- Why older adults with ADHD symptoms go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed
- Why stimulants do not increase cardiovascular risk
- Why ADHD treatment gets tougher with age
- And much more
What Your Doctor Needs to Know About ADHD in Older Adults
Discover why stimulants are safe to treat ADHD in most older adults and how an ADHD diagnosis benefits health & wellbeing at any age, plus get more insights and strategies from ADDitude.
You may opt out at any time. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy .
