“You’re lazy.” “You’re not applying yourself.” “You just need to try harder.” For someone with Inattentive ADHD, those labels can completely miss what’s actually happening. After analyzing over 300,000 brain scans, Dr. Amen and Amen Clinics have identified 7 ADHD patterns, helping explain why two people with ADHD can experience very different symptoms. Type 2: Inattentive ADHD may involve difficulty maintaining focus, losing things, careless mistakes, boredom, low motivation, sluggishness, and appearing “spacey.” But because people with this pattern aren’t typically hyperactive, they may not fit the stereotype most people associate with ADHD. Amen Clinics notes that many people with this presentation can go undiagnosed. On SPECT imaging, Amen Clinics reports decreased activity during concentration in the prefrontal cortex, cerebellum, and basal ganglia, similar to Classic ADHD, but without hyperactivity as a defining feature. Someone doesn’t have to be bouncing off the walls t...