| ADD and ADHD is a disorder within the
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| | ADD is harder to diagnose, because there
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| prefrontal cortex. It is believed that
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| | are no very visible symptoms of the
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| the brain wiring differs from other
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| | disorder, its main symptom is the lack of
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| people. Many people view ADD as both a
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| | attention in the patient. The most
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| gift and a disorder, having a direct
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| | typical thought when it comes to ADD, is
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| effect on all human functions. However,
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| | that of a small child that is extremely
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| it mainly affects the executing,
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| | hyperactive. Which is the picture of
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| planning, and organizations areas of the
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| | ADHD, which is more visible, because it
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| brain.
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| | creates a good deal of problems and
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| What many people tend to focus on when a
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| | distractions within a class, gaining more
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| person has ADHD, is the fact that the
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| | attention than ADD. ADD may be less
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| patient will have an extremely short span
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| | visible than ADHD, but it is just as hard
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| of attention, not having the ability to
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| | and destructive as its counterpart is.
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| remain focus on any one thing for a
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| | When a person has ADD, the sufferer will
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| lengthy amount of time. People suffering
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| | have periods of disorganization and seem
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| from ADD are easily distracted and their
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| | spacey. To an outsider it will seem that
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| minds drift and wander quite easily.
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| | the sufferer is not all together in the
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| However, their attention span is
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| | room, or their minds are elsewhere,
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| lengthier when confronted with something
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| | staring out a window or something. It is
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| upsetting, interesting, stimulating, or
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| | extremely hard to diagnose ADD, because
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| new. The reason being the patient is able
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| | of its lack of visible symptoms, meaning
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| to use the concentration area of the
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| | that the patient can go on with life,
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| brain, thanks to the stimulation provided
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| | having the disorder and not even know it.
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| by these events.
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| | What about Adult Attention Deficit
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| Essentially, activities that are not
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| | Disorder?
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| stimulating will not be able to hold the
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| | When a child has ADHD, boy or girl, it
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| attention of a person with ADD. Some
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| | has been discovered that they generally
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| examples of such things include
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| | do not 'grow out' of the disorder as they
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| paperwork, homework, and chores.
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| | reach the age of adulthood. However, the
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| What is the difference between ADD and
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| | hyperactivity may cease to exist; the
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| ADHD?
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| | other symptoms will still remain. As the
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| Because ADD (attention Deficit Disorder)
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| | child reaches adulthood, the
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| is extremely complex and hard to
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| | hyperactivity is generally transformed
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| understand it is in general,
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| | into impulsivity.
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| misunderstood by most people. While the
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| | Research conducted by Harris Interactive
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| disorder is mostly psychological, there
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| | Surveys, found that of adults that have
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| are a great many other affects that come
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| | been diagnosed with ADHD, 92% of those
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| with it as well. ADHD (Attention Deficit
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| | who did not find out about the disorder
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| Hyperactive Disorder) and ADD are two
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| | until after they turned 18 years of age,
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| very different, yet similar, disorders.
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| | wish their diagnosis had come sooner. The
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| ADHD is the most commonly diagnosed
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| | same group talked to teachers and found
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| disorder, carrying symptoms of highly
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| | that 90% believed that late diagnosis of
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| visible impulsivity or hyperactivity, or
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| | the disorder had a direct affect on
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| even both.
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| | social and academic development.
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