An Introduction To Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder has many manifestations and there are more than five kinds of ADHD. It is a medical condition that is carried in the genes, resulting in certain disorders in the nervous system. The DSM-IV Diagnostic Manual reports that any single form or “type” of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder could be categorized under the diagnostic chapter of ADHD. This central list is then broken into ADHD Impulsive-Hyperactive Type, ADHD Inattentive Type, or ADHD Combined Type. Sometime ago, the words attention deficit disorder “without” or “with” hyperactivity were also generally used. Not only does the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity can take ...
Attention Deficit Disorder – The Signs And Symptoms
Diagnosis is difficult in cases of ADD because signs vary from child to child. The symptoms of the disorder may or may not be obvious. First of all you must be clear that just because your child is hyperactive, he is not suffering from ADD. It is true that more than normal activities are a sign of ADD but not always so. But, at the same time impulsive behavior, or less than normal attention, or more than normal distraction is a sign of ADD. Actually, distraction and lack of attention go together. An ADD suffering child will not be able to stick to ...
Attention Deficit Disorder – How It Affects Families
Attention Deficit Disorder usually comes with a lot of frustration and blame. Often the diagnosis happens late and so, the disease–related problems are often misunderstood. This may result in serious emotional and mental scars when the family tries to deal with ADD–related issues. Thus, this disorder is difficult for the diseased child, the parents and the siblings. The child who is suffering from ADD is clearly the first victim. Though these children have a strong desire to show normal behavior, their actions can be impulsive. This impulsive behavior often gets punished. Because of these punishments, these children often develop very low ...
Attention Deficit Disorder – Is It A Learning Disability
When we talk of the term ’learning disability’ then what we generally mean is that it is a perceptual disability like other disabilities such as autism or visual processing disorder, or dyslexia auditory disability. It should not be treated as a learning disability. Anyone who has ADD is perfectly capable of understanding and using the available information. Hence it cannot be considered as a learning disability. ADD doesn’t really obstruct the learning process although it is combined with all other disabilities most of the time. A small child who is suffering from ADD can take in the information he sees and ...
Attention Deficit Disorder – What Is It Anyway
As parents, many of us have spent sleepless nights wondering whether our kid is suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder. And with due cause too, most of us know the fundamental effects of the disease and obviously shrink at the thought of having to deal with it. Apart from the fear that the disease can be difficult to deal with there is always this subconscious guilt in most parents for being responsible for their kid’s problem, most of us blame ourselves for not being strict enough or disciplinarian enough to have straightened out the disorder. While all these apprehensions are quite ...
Treatments
Managing ADD – 8 Must Have Skills
A lot of grown ups with ADD perceive themselves constantly weighed down with every day life. This means...
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder – The Alternative Treatments Available
Given that so many would to a certain extent keep away from the use of stimulant medications for the...
ADHD – how to plan your child’s treatment successfully
Okay. So at the moment you have taken the action of getting your stressed out child or teenager evaluated...
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Causes & Symptoms
What Does A Diagnosis of ADD Really Mean
About thirty years back, a child was a born voyager, rambunctious, or was said to have been gifted with...
How Is Attention Deficit Disorder Diagnosed
Assessing whether a certain individual is suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder or not is far harder...
Attention Deficit Disorder – The Signs And Symptoms
Diagnosis is difficult in cases of ADD because signs vary from child to child. The symptoms of the disorder...
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Articles
What You As A Parent Can Do To Help Your Child With ADD
With the diagnosis of your child with Attention Deficit Disorder, you may feel a shower of emotions: remorse, a feeling of not being in charge, or comfort for now being aware of your child’s problem, or frustration. However in the midst of all this turmoil, do not forget that your child’s situation is not out of control. There are a number of ways... [Read more of this review]
What Is It Like To Live With ADD
Life ahead may be easy for a child, a teenager, or even an adult diagnosed with ADD. For somebody, just diagnosed with ADD, predicting the life in future might not be easy, as one may not know how the symptoms would continue to remain and how the problem would be affected by age. However, thankfully, as time moves on, one starts to understand how to... [Read more of this review]
Planning The Daily Life For Adults with ADD
Details seem to be useless to those adults who are suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). We do have our goals clear in our minds, and cannot wait to have it achieved, hoping that there was some way to skip all the work required to be done in the process. Sadly enough, this attitude tends to get us overwhelmed, when we are to start the project.... [Read more of this review]
Attention Deficit Disorder – What Is It Anyway
As parents, many of us have spent sleepless nights wondering whether our kid is suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder. And with due cause too, most of us know the fundamental effects of the disease and obviously shrink at the thought of having to deal with it. Apart from the fear that the disease can be difficult to deal with there is always this... [Read more of this review]
Attention Deficit Disorder – Is It Really That
Attention Deficit Disorder or ADD is most frequently identified in boys of primary school age. Indications consist of lack of concentration, being restless, reckless mannerisms, or lack of focus. But what brings about these indications, in fact? And should every one of the occurrences of ADD be treated? In a few occurrences, the indications of ADD may... [Read more of this review]
Attention Deficit Disorder – Is It A Learning Disability
When we talk of the term ’learning disability’ then what we generally mean is that it is a perceptual disability like other disabilities such as autism or visual processing disorder, or dyslexia auditory disability. It should not be treated as a learning disability. Anyone who has ADD is perfectly capable of understanding and using the available... [Read more of this review]
Attention Deficit Disorder – Is It A Disease or Just A Phase
When you were a kid, didn’t you run about all the time for no particular cause? Didn’t you continuously turn your concentration from one thing to the other? Didn’t you have a tough time sitting motionless? Didn’t you have a tough time concentrating on one thing, for long span of time? You were a kid and you behaved the manner in... [Read more of this review]
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