Information on ADHD – What You May Not Be Aware Of
One can never have enough information on ADHD. What I have learned is there are several different causes, types, and treatments for ADHD. Keep in mind what you may not be aware of, may lead you to make the wrong decisions.
ADHD is short for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. This disorder is most commonly found in boys rather than in girls. ADHD is a pattern of impulsiveness, inattention, and/or hyperactivity. About 10-40 percent of children with ADHD will carry it into adulthood.
Yes, there are treatments for ADHD. Treatments would be medication, life style changes, counseling, and/or behavior modifications. The safer of the treatments would be medication and behavior therapy except that pre-schoolers should not have medication if that’s the case then talk to your doctor.
Although there haven’t been any studies for taking medications for three years or more, it may not be wise to do so. They aren’t sure whether it might cause long-term behavioral problems or any other sort of problems. If a person is taking medication and has for a couple years or more, they might want to talk to a doctor.
Impulsiveness is the tendency to interrupt during a conversation, be disorganized, acting before thinking of the consequences it could bring, and/or jumping from one thing to another.
Inattention is where the person has difficulty listening and paying attention, is easily distracted, and doesn’t finish work.
Hyperactivity is the inability to sit still, fidgeting, squirminess, restless sleep, restlessness, and climbing on things. But with hyperactivity, it normally goes away when you reach adulthood.
These three things are all related to ADHD behavior in one way or another.
Other Disorders Associated with ADHD
Oppositional Defiant Disorder/Conduct order, Primary Disorder of Vigilance, Bipolar Disorder, and Anxiety disorders are disorders related to ADHD. They are behavioral problems that are hard to control and all have that fact in common among others.
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) is an ongoing pattern of disobedient, hostile, and defiant behavior toward authority figures.
Conduct Disorder is behavioral problems such as physical aggression, destructiveness, truancy, lying, vandalism, stealing, and cruelty to that of humans and animals.
Primary Disorder of Vigilance is the same as ADHD but with the person appearing to be hyperactive to stay alert. Over time the symptoms become worse.
Bipolar Disorder is where the person has episodes of abnormally elevated moods. This is clinically referred to as mania, or if it is milder, then it’s called hypomania.
Anxiety Disorder is a persistent or irrational fear that could be accompanied by headaches, sweating, hypertension, and/or palpitations.
ADHD and Its Causes
Genetics make up 75 percent of the causes of ADHD although not many others were found to be a cause. Also, the environment can be a cause. All the pollution and toxins in the air as in major cities could harm the brain.
Yet the biggest influence doctors believe to be the cause of ADHD is pregnancy. Any chemical the mother gets near during pregnancy could cause damage to the unborn baby’s brain. Drinking and smoking while pregnant can cause things to go wrong in the unborns’ brain that the mother could have avoided.
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