| ADHD and ADD, Causing stress and disbelief? | | | | was as a result of the fact that the first group of ADD |
| When you were a kid, didn't you run about all the time | | | | patients that were studied had been ill with encephalitis, |
| for no particular cause? Didn't you continuously turn | | | | which is an inflammation of the brain. But this criterion |
| your concentration from one thing to the other? Didn't | | | | no longer is no longer valid, for the reason that over |
| you have a tough time sitting motionless? Didn't you | | | | the years, people with no brain deficiencies, have been |
| have a tough time concentrating on one thing, for long | | | | added to the roll call of ADD. |
| span of time? You were a kid and you behaved the | | | | At this time, there are two most important kinds of |
| manner in which nearly all children do. You did not | | | | ADD. ADD with hyperactivity and ADD without |
| reflect about things, you simply did them since at that | | | | hyperactivity. Indications of ADD plus hyperactivity are |
| age, there was no thinking procedure. Nearly all children | | | | described as: can't keep on seated, restless, climbs or |
| get through this stage in their early life, but science has | | | | runs a lot, talks much, can't play peacefully and also |
| gone ahead and told us that perhaps this action is not | | | | having a tough time standing in line or waiting for their |
| so normal. | | | | turn. A few indications of ADD without hyperactivity |
| Attention"> Deficit Disorder, how do we describe it? | | | | are, disordered, having a tough time concentrating on |
| You would believe with all the great minds in the world | | | | tasks, with no trouble getting diverted and does not |
| that somebody would have come up with a | | | | appear to pay attention. |
| description that suits. But that is not the case - it | | | | Therefore, who has ADD? The numbers by and large |
| appears that ADD is an arbitrary definition and not | | | | given are 3 to 5 percent of the people. But no one |
| essentially an illness. | | | | knows. Since ADD is so arbitrary, it is apparent that |
| There is still puzzlement over who does and does not | | | | several who are listed as ADD, may not even fit in |
| have ADD. A few associates of the mental health | | | | there. There is always lots of further reading available |
| association had a demand to categorize any person | | | | to help you make up your mind. |
| with ADD, as having a brain deficiency. Apparently this | | | | |