| AN INTRODUCTION TO ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER | | | | possibilities are rules out completely before |
| | | | the person could be said to have ADD for |
| One of the most wrongly diagnosed and wrongly | | | | sure. |
| understood neurological conditions in the | | | | |
| world is Attention Deficit Disorder or more | | | | Having ADD means that an individual having it |
| commonly known with its acronym of ADD. The | | | | is not getting sufficient neuro-chemicals. |
| reality is that the majority of people lacks | | | | Said in simpler terms it signifies that |
| a proper understanding of the disorder, and | | | | proper stimulation of the brain is missing, |
| also would not be able to identify it if they | | | | as a result of which the brain attempts to |
| met a person with ADD. This article, and | | | | find methods by which the release of the |
| there is more to follow, intends to give you | | | | chemicals can be increased. People with ADD |
| information about ADD, the meaning of the | | | | try to stimulate their brains with things |
| disorder, the methods by which it is | | | | like physical activities, movements, and |
| diagnosed, the various treatments, and some | | | | always doing things that stimulate or are |
| topics regarding the issue. And let's hope | | | | stimulating. This is not a conscious decision |
| that this would be a valuable tool by which | | | | on the parts of the people with ADD. They |
| your knowledge and ability to understand the | | | | really cannot help themselves and it becomes |
| disorder will increase. | | | | a reflex action and they act in a hyperactive |
| | | | manner. |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or | | | | |
| shortly ADHD/ADD, is a problem where the | | | | The difficulty caused by this is that |
| individual who is affected by it fails to be | | | | individuals who suffer from ADD, when face a |
| attentive for a long period of time. Motor | | | | circumstance that do not stimulate them, like |
| restlessness and impulsive behavior are other | | | | school work, try to put their attention on |
| indications of the disorder. Reports suggest | | | | something that is stimulating to them. Of |
| that approximately 4.4% of all adults possess | | | | course the school work is completely hampered |
| some degree of ADD. | | | | by this, and the child cannot perform well in |
| | | | his or her studies. I can narrate a story |
| ADD is understood as a disorder of the | | | | here told to me by a friend. This incident |
| neurobiological type caused in brain by a | | | | happened when knowledge about the disease was |
| glitch in the dopamine neurotransmitter | | | | poor. There was a child who would suddenly |
| systems. Genes play a huge part in maximum | | | | get up on his desk when the class is still |
| cases. There is 30% chance for a child to | | | | commencing, and would begin to tell jokes. In |
| have ADD if a parent or near kith and kin has | | | | the beginning people thought that he was |
| the disorder. In cases of twin children, if | | | | trying to be funny and consciously disturb |
| one of the pair has ADD, the other's chances | | | | the others. But over time it came to be known |
| of being struck by the disease increases by | | | | that the child had ADD, and his actions were |
| 50%. At one time the belief was held that ADD | | | | beyond his control. |
| could be caused by poor nutrition, but it has | | | | |
| been dismissed now as a myth. Similarly, | | | | Personal relationships and the ability to be |
| allergies, drugs or bad parenting could be | | | | permanently employed also become cause of |
| cut off from the list. Deep head trauma, | | | | concern for people with ADD. Then legal issue |
| fetal alcohol syndrome, intoxication through | | | | also crop up when ADD causes people to take |
| lead, and thyroid irregularities, are some of | | | | dangerous chances with themselves and end up |
| the other medical conditions showing symptoms | | | | doing careless things to stimulate |
| like ADD. Hence it is advised that the other | | | | themselves. |