| A young student sits in his elementary school class | | | | hyperactivity with only inattention needing to be |
| daydreaming about after school activities when his | | | | present in two or more settings, and persisting for 6 |
| teacher sudden says "Johnny you can grow up to be | | | | months or longer, to confirm a diagnosis. While the |
| anything you want to be, but only if you learn to pay | | | | ADD ADHD primary symptoms are the focal point of |
| attention in class". | | | | the condition there are a myriad of secondary |
| Is this really true for those children who carry their | | | | symptoms that can wreak havoc during the |
| ADHD forward into adulthood? It is correct to assume | | | | adolescent, teenage and adult years. This list would |
| that this little boy could achieve his dreams in spite of | | | | include anticipation of failure, a sense of hopelessness, |
| struggling with ADD ADHD symptoms but the cold | | | | insomnia, little or no self esteem, lack of motivation, a |
| hard statistics tell us it will be much more difficult. | | | | greater than average propensity to worry, anxiety, |
| Here is what the facts tell us. Only half of adults with | | | | boredom, and a low tolerance for frustration. |
| attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are able to hold | | | | It is not that those with ADHD are not as smart as |
| down a full time job, compared to three out of four | | | | their peers or fail to work as hard. It is a matter of their |
| without it. Studies also reveal that those with ADD | | | | brains working differently. Most expert now believe |
| ADHD symptoms will earn between 8,000 and 10,000 | | | | ADD ADHD symptoms are caused by a biological |
| dollars less per year than their peers. When you | | | | imbalance in brain chemicals, with the three most often |
| multiply these numbers with the suspected 5 percent | | | | mentioned being dopamine, norepinephrine, and possibly |
| of the adult population with ADD ADHD symptoms | | | | serotonin when overlapping conditions are present. |
| that comes up to a staggering number somewhere | | | | These brain chemical or neurotransmitter imbalances |
| north of 80 billion dollars in lost annual earnings. | | | | cause those with ADD ADHD symptoms to behave |
| Not only is Johnny's future outlook not so great unless | | | | differently from others their age. They will tend to |
| he finds help his chances of producing good grades | | | | become laser focused and quite effective when the |
| during his school years are even worse, with an 80 | | | | topic at hand of interest to them. On the other hand if |
| percent underachievement rate seen in children with | | | | it fails to grab their attention they will have a difficult |
| ADD ADHD symptoms. | | | | time completing the assignment, and if they do their |
| But what are these ADD ADHD symptoms that make | | | | work it will tend to be sloppy and haphazard in |
| this condition such an uphill battle right from the start? | | | | appearance. |
| The primary symptoms are inattention, impulsivity, and | | | | |