What social problems do people with adhd have?

Learned behavior: Social skill acquisition is the result of undirected observational learning starting at birth. Since add people face difficulty learning in an unstructured setting, obtaining social skills is major problem. Most often it's intrusive speech, being a"know-it-all, " impatience, impulsivity, aggressiveness, poor syntactical sense, inattention to conversation leading to poor communication skills.

Varies a lot: Not all people with adhd have social problems, though many do. Peers often reject children with combined-typed adhd because they are impulsive and lose focus. With adolescents and adults, the ready boredom, impulsive behaviors, and high distractibility can be a problem; but, many have good friends and are popular because of their spontaneity, risk-taking, and high energy.

Varies: Difficulty focusing, attending to clues, impulsiveness, not listening likely contribute to common finds of mild social skills deficits contributing to social problems for adhd adults and children. See http://cpancf.Com/articles_files/adhdsocialskills.Asp for an overview of social skill deficits in adhd. These are not of the severity seen in autism spectrum disorders.