The Cohen-Clapperton study seems to confirm that ADHD diagnoses has no relation with the ability of people to practice any profession: https://www.longdom.org/open-access/critical-analysis-of-a-field-research-report-on-add-and-adhd-2090-4908-1000142.pdf

Really appreciate your contribution André Michaud , thank you. It will help.

It is useful to consider ADHD as in the same class as a learning disability; neither poses risk to professional activity. This is supported by plentiful research. In both cases the person developing the relevant skills has to work harder to make it, but once the skills are practical, they form reliable habits.

Good fortune to you, Paul McGaffey Psychologist

Frederic Coutin that is an interesting topic.

This is only my personal experience, but I am a nurse, and a psychiatrist who taught nursing psychiatrist back then in my bachelor degree stated that I might have an ADHD due to my hyper-focus, forgetfulness, impulsiveness and restlessness since my childhood (note: I am not sure whether I am indeed an ADHD person, I haven't take any psychological test on this).

I really struggle to fight some symptoms, especially my hyper-focus. The one that I am sure is that I am only suitable to work in the ward that can keep my interest and focus (so my mind did not wander, think other stuff) just like ICU and ER . I use many methods like checklist and making some weird sound to remember what I am doing. For the first time adjusting to the nursing activity (especially when I move to new places) it always can be ascertained that I will make some mistakes (due to hyperfocus which lead to forgetfulness), therefore assistance is needed. So everyday is a survival day. But after I adjusted with the new situation, and the skill that needed according to the new situation was already developed, I can perform quite well or often above average (but still suffer the low self esteem). The key is that the work should be interesting yet challenging to me, so If I want to keep the job, I need to develop my self how to keep me interested (and that's not an easy task). I'll be glad to know any information that help to improve this matter.

Well, that's my two cents, waiting forward for your research result.

Dear Maryami,

Some people like to pass judgment on others to show how "superior" they are, so what only one individual in a position of authority told you "this psychiatrist who told you, already a bachelor student" that you might have ADHD.

This might surprise you, but everybody has to struggle before reaching ease of behavior while learning any new domain. I think that you are perfectly normal, and with an asset that many would envy you, which is your ability to strongly focus on learning and executing a task.

As you make mistakes while adjusting to a new environment, this is not due, as you think to hyperfocus "leading" to forgetfulness, but simply to any new environment being unfamiliar and new habits not having yet become more automatic.

This simply is how learning works for everyone: https://doi.org/10.4236/ce.2019.102028

You should not have low self esteem when considering your success in performing your tasks once well mastered.

Best Regards, André

Maryami Yuliana Kosim whereas for me having ADHD while being a nurse has prevented me to work recently. It has been seen as a risk for the patient due to my forgetfulness in my documentation when I had to write retrospectively, therefore, not contemporaneously, being for my employer an issue. It's originally a new post as well as a new diagnosis. So until then I have been asked to sit tightly in the library (now already 3 month) until they find a suitable placement which is not causing any risk to the patients. Though never had issues in my nursing care or documenting my drugs. It must be a serious impairment through the eyes of the HSE to be prevented to work. The evidences I have read so far proved the opposite otherwise. I found a lot of supportive information on https://www.additude.com . But I can not argue with executive decision, I am only a nurse after all.

There are many professionals who suffer from a disorder, and nurses are no exception. However, rather than making nurses feel unimportant because of a diagnosis of ADHD, employers should have some sort of implemented program to help them. There are folks who suffer with other maladies (stealing, cheating, lying, drunkenness, gossip, intemperance, smoking, temper tantrum, depression and others) and help is provided for them which helps them to cope and be integrated into society/workplace. Rich and poor suffer alike, but who has the money and support gets the better help. People are people regardless and should be helped when help is needed.

You may want to check out these two URLs: doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2012.11.005 and doi: 10.1192/pb.bp.114.048850

I found that some persons in authority find the ADHD label quite handy to discourage and get rid of quite normal people that they dislike for whatever reason and that have never been diagnosed by true neurophysiologists.

Amy McBride