| Research literature, recent books, and common sense, | | | | moodiness. |
| all point to the fact that there are different types, or | | | | Our classifications at the ADHD Information Library are |
| styles, of ADHD. In the past we referred to Attention | | | | a bit different, and are based on our clinical observation |
| Deficit Disorder: Inattentive Type, or Impulsive | | | | and experiences. They are based on the classic |
| Hyperactive Type, or a Combined Type. Today the | | | | children's stories of Winnie the Pooh and his friends in |
| diagnostic differences are a bit less clear, but the | | | | the Hundred Acre Wood. |
| reality doesn't change. | | | | - Winnie the Pooh Type ADD - Pooh Bear is |
| Dr. Daniel Amen has written a great book on the | | | | inattentive, distractible, and disorganized. He is very |
| subject, titled "Healing ADHD:The Breakthrough | | | | nice, but lives in a cloud. |
| Program That Allows You to See and Heal the 6 | | | | - Tigger Type ADD - Tigger is inattentive to details, |
| Types of ADD" where he uses his SPECT scans of | | | | impulsive, hyperactive, restless, very bouncy. He is the |
| patient's brain activity to help in making his six | | | | classic hyperactive child. |
| classifications. His classifications include these "Types" | | | | - Eeyore Type ADD - Eeyore is inattentive, but also |
| ... | | | | lives with a chronic low-grade depression. Lots of |
| - Classic ADD - Inattentive, distractible, disorganized. | | | | people with ADHD do also. In fact some studies |
| Perhaps hyperactive, restless and impulsive. Inattentive | | | | suggest that as many as 25% of people with ADHD |
| ADD - Inattentive, and disorganized. | | | | also battle depression to some degree or another. |
| - Over-focused ADD - Trouble shifting attention, | | | | - Piglet Type ADD - Piglet has trouble shifting attention |
| frequently stuck in loops of negative thoughts, | | | | from one activity to another, is excessively worried, |
| obsessive, excessive worry, inflexible, oppositional and | | | | and is easily startled. |
| argumentative. | | | | - Rabbit Type ADD - Rabbit has trouble shifting |
| - Temporal Lobe ADD - Inattentive and irritable, | | | | attention, he seems inflexible, he must have his own |
| aggressive, dark thoughts, mood instability, very | | | | way, and he can be argumentative if he doesn't get |
| impulsive. May break rules, fight, be defiant, and very | | | | his way. |
| disobedient. Poor handwriting and trouble learning are | | | | - Troubled Type ADD - Irritable, aggressive, impulsive, |
| common. | | | | defiant, disobedient. Learning problems. |
| - Limbic System ADD - Inattentive, chronic low-grade | | | | Each of these types of ADHD (using either Amen's |
| depression, negative, low energy, feelings of | | | | system or ours) will have different treatment needs |
| hopelessness and worthlessness. | | | | and approaches. You can learn more about each type |
| - Ring of Fire ADD - Inattentive, extremely distractible, | | | | of ADHD, and read our recommended treatment |
| angry, irritable, overly sensitive to the environment, | | | | programs for each type. |
| hyperverbal, extremely oppositional, possible cyclic | | | | |