A.D.D.? What is it?

Question

Can someone please help me! What is A.D.D? What are the symptoms? How do you get A.D.D?

Answer 1

ADD is attention deficit disorder. It's not something you get - it's something in your brain that is wired wrong and responds to stimulation differently, so that you're almost hyper-perceptive, but it doesn't do you any good, because you're so easily distracted. The most common form is ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Most common treatment is amphetamines, which have the opposite effect in people with ADD/ADHD, producing a sedative effect and allowing them to focus, rather than hyping them up more.

Answer 2

ADD is Attention deficit disorder. Many kids are diagnosed with this problem when they have focusing problems, or learning disabilities. It can be corrected with some prescriptions, but they often have some unwanted side effects. Kids is ADD have trouble with paying attention to what people are telling them, reading, or anything that does not interest them. ADHD is ADD with hyperactivity, which causes children to act up, or bounce around alot, especially in instances where the child is not, or can not focus on the task at hand. Particularly problematic in a classroom where one child can take 90% of the effort of the teacher. Lethargic teachers will just pass the children or constantly pawn him off to other problems. Proactive teachers will help parents in determining the source of the problem and do their job in helping teach children.
You get ADD often by a simple chemical imbalance in the brain, not allowing neurons to fire effectively creating an extremely short term attention span... It can be cause by brain inactivity such as too much TV or not enough stimuli as well. MTV is a huge instigator with their 2 second clips bouncing around the screen teaching children to not watch anything specific just to get a 'cool' angle on something.
If you have a child with ADD a quick trip to your local psychologist can help you determine how badly or if it is actually ADD and not another problem. Usually a visit like that is no more than a couple hundred dollars or much cheaper, and can save you and your child years of frustration growing up. Good luck

Answer 3

For the most part its propaganda by the pharm companies to make you think you are sick and need prescribed medicine to cure it when in fact people have been 'dealing' with this since the beginning of time.

If you truly think you have ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) then I suggest doing mental exercises to help you maintain attention and retain information. Don't go on these meds, the Dr's really have no idea what long term effect it will have nor exactly which medicine will work, if any do. The mental exercises are a permanent solution while the meds are a temporary.

Answer 4

ADD stands for Attention Defecit Disorder.

Q. What is ADD/ADHD?

A. ADD/ADHD is a neurological disorder. According to the National Institute of Health, between 3% and 5% of the population in this country are affected by ADD/ADHD. The major symptoms of the disorder are distractibility, forgetfulness, inability to concentrate, poor attention span and impulsiveness.

Answer 5

It stand for Attention Deficit Disorder

http://www.add.org/

Answer 6

A.D.H.D. Is Attention Defecit Hyper Disorder.. its geneticly passed down. Symptoms include fidgety movements, distracted by shiny objects, and difficulty staying focused on one given task...

Answer 7

attention defecit disorder you can jut have that or have it with the hyperactiveness. They give you ritalin for it and it does calm kids down.

Answer 8

Attention Deficit Disorder.
They say kids get it when they can't sit still and pay attention.
I think it's an excuse to dope up our kids.

Answer 9

it is the opposite of S.U.B.
it's just another made up syndrome, so people won't have to take responsibility for their actions!