adult (redirected from Adults)

adult (ah-dult´) having attained full growth or maturity, or an organism that has done so.

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a·dult (-dlt, dlt)

n.

1. One who has attained maturity or legal age.

2. A fully grown, mature organism.

adj.

Fully developed and mature.

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adult

[ədult′, ad′ult]

Etymology: L, adultus, grown up

1 one who is fully developed and matured and who has attained the intellectual capacity and emotional and psychologic stability that are characteristic of maturity.

2 a person who has reached full legal age. Compare child.

3 any fully grown and mature organism.

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adult,

n 1. a person who has the fully developed characteristics of a mature person.
n 2. a person who has reached full legal age.

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adult

having attained full growth or maturity, or an organism that has done so.

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Patient discussion about Adults.

Q. Is it normal for someone with untreated Adult ADHD to have constant, worried thoughts? As a child I was diagnosed with "off the charts" ADHD and took medication which fixed the problem for about 7 years. I ended the medication in junior high and now I am in college. I am no having constant worried thoughts and my mind is always racing. I think this may be the ADHD back now as an adult, would this make sense?

A. Attention Def is often goes hand in hand with Depression. Depression is often missed in diagnosis because the person suggests that they are not sad and don't cry often. Depression might better be described as a feeling of emotional heavyness or pressure without a real reason. This feeling of emotional heavyness is awful and people will try to find reasons to explain why they feel this way so that they can do something about it. Generally, if a person makes a decision about something, such as paying a bill, this heavyness will lift for a while and the person can move on to another thought. When a person is depressed this heavyness is lifted but only for a very short period of time, sometimes only for a few seconds, and the person cannot move on to a new thought. Instead, the tendency is to rethink the same thought over and over to get, although short lived, a bit of emotional releif.

Q. Can some depression be treated with stimulantes in adults?? I was treated with dextroamphetimins in the 1970's. Why arent they used anymore? I know all of the things about addiction, so I dont need those answers. When the medication was used by me, it worked. My husband is suffereing from depression he has been given all of the "wonder" drugs No results. I hope someone can answer this for me, and for my husbands sake Thank You Shirley

A. I take a generic Adderall and find it to be very helpful.

Q. What is the process a general physician would use to diagnose adult ADHD? I'm have an appointment with my primary care physician to be screened for adult ADHD. Does anyone know what he will do in order to test and diagnose me?

A. Actually I was just diagnosed with ADHD. I'm 57. My doctor sent me to a phyciatrist, and he asked me several questions. Gave me a scrip and want to see me back in a month. I answered 26 questions, and he rated on my answers.