Information on ADHD – Causes, Types and Treaments

What I have learned is Did you know there are several different causes, types, and treatments for ADHD?  This is just some of the important information on ADHD that often goes overlooked.

ADHD is short for Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. It’s a pattern of impulsiveness and inattention, with or without a component of hyperactivity. With this disorder it most commonly found in children but can stay well into adulthood by a 10-40 percent chance. This disorder is most commonly found in boys rather than girls.

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.

Studies don’t show whether it is safe to take the medication for more than a couple years. If you or a person you know has been taking the pills longer than a couple years, talk to your doctor for advice.

If your child has problems interrupting during a conversation, is disorganized or does not think about the consequences of their actions, then he or she could have impulsiveness.

If your child has difficulty listening and paying attention or is easily distracted and doesn’t complete their work, he or she could have inattention.

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.

All three parts: impulsiveness, inattention, and hyperactivity are what make up ADHD. Knowing the difference between the symptoms will help to determine which they may have.

ADHD and Other Disorders

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 is also to blame for 75 percent of the cause of ADHD as well as the environment. While in some places the air is clean, other places the air is polluted and holds toxins, which could cause brain damage.

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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