06. Action

Action: monitoring and regulating self action. Many persons with ADHD, even those without problems of hyperactive behavior, report chronic problems in regulating their actions. They often are too impulsive and what they say or do, and in the way they think, jumping too quickly to inaccurate conclusions.

Persons with ADHD also report problems and monitoring the context in which they are interacting. They failed to notice when other people are puzzled or hurt or annoyed by what they had just said or done and thus failed to modify their behavior in response to specific circumstances. Often they also report chronic difficulty in regulating the pace of their actions in slow weeds self and/or speeding up as needed for specific tasks. Capacity to monitor one's actions and to inhibit impulsive actions is one critical aspect of executive function.