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[|Human|] My friend has tendicies of attention deficit disorder.  she is not a a child.  How can she be diagnosed if she has this problem.  Lori is her name,  She is constanly losing things, forget things at work and said her mind is going in all directions.  I think some of this is worrying.  Her early years in life  she rarely went to school her father had her stay home.  Her mother died when she was 3 and her brother died at 15 playing basketballl.  Her sister had some disorder but she was able to pay attention.  I never know if she is listening to me or not and most of the time I repeat what i told her the following day.  I feel terrible when she says her concentration is really bad.  She actually learned on her own and her father kept her home from school. she really cannot concentrate.  I have noticed this with her work.   What should she do?  What type of doctor should she see. Her PCP just seems to ignore her when she see him.  she does have thyroid problems and her hair is falling out,  she see a specialist for the thyroid but she does not know how to get diagnosed if she has a disorder or not.  I think her time is spent trying to find things she forgets about.  she is at this point when she feels she cannot concentrate on one thing.
[|AI|]  Hello. Attention deficit disorder can occur in adults but usually are people who have suffered attention deficit disorder during childhood. It is recommended that your doctor request thyroid hormone levels (TSH and T4) because memory and concentration problems and hair fall may be secondary to thyroid hypofunction. If thyroid hormone levels are normal she should be seen by a neurologist. I wish you good health.(If the answer has helped you, please indicate this)