| ADHD or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a | | | | inattention symptoms equally. This type of ADHD |
| condition that affects approximately 4% of children | | | | causes children to be unable to focus on tasks as well |
| world wide. ADHD is a collection of symptoms that | | | | as act hyperactively and be unable to control their |
| usually relate to inattentiveness, poor impulse control, | | | | actions. Children with combined ADHD can benefit |
| and hyperactivity that negatively affect a child's | | | | from different treatments depending on the severity of |
| behavior. The most common symptoms include | | | | their symptoms which can range from psychoactive |
| constant fidgeting, difficulty paying attention, leaving | | | | stimulants to counseling. |
| most tasks unfinished, and constant impulsiveness. Not | | | | Some children are diagnosed with ADD, which is just |
| all children with ADHD have the same symptoms | | | | inattentive behavior without hyperactivity. Children with |
| because there are different types and severities of | | | | ADD have trouble paying attention, focusing on tasks, |
| ADHD. | | | | and often daydream. Children with ADD are often |
| Most doctors classify ADHD into three main types | | | | prescribed stimulants to help them focus and while |
| based on which symptoms are present and which | | | | these treatments have been shown to be effective, |
| symptoms are the most severe. Inattention, | | | | they also have dangerous side effects that have |
| hyperactivity, and impulsivity must be present and must | | | | come under scrutiny in recent years. |
| be severe enough to interfere with a child's daily life in | | | | Children can also show predominantly hyperactive |
| order for a child to be diagnosed with ADHD. The | | | | symptoms, which interfere with paying attention |
| treatment, which can be medication, counseling, | | | | because of the constant need to move but once |
| behavioral modification, natural remedies, or a | | | | calmed down these children have no difficultly paying |
| combination of treatments, will vary depending on | | | | attention. Children diagnoses with hyperactive |
| which type of ADHD a child has. | | | | behaviors are also often prescribed psychoactive |
| Combined ADHD is when a child exhibits both | | | | drugs, which can be effective but also have |
| hyperactivity-impulsivity control symptoms as well as | | | | dangerous side affects. |