2006-11-02 03:19:43 · 4 answers · asked by Zephyr Stephyr 1 in Health ➔ Mental Health
You don't have to have a history of it in the family, it just means you were unlucky to have two parents with the gene that causes it in a recessive mode and it became active in you.
2006-11-02 03:22:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
ADHD is not inherited but it can run in the family much like things like depression tend to run in the family. Also since testing for ADHD and ADD we not real common years ago how do you know that someone in your family doesn't have it but just doesn't know it because they were never tested for it. There is a big difference is terms inherited and in family tendencies and ADHD is not inherited.
2006-11-02 03:23:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Although there is a strong genetic link with ADHD, it is possible to have it even without a family history of it.
2006-11-02 05:14:53 · answer #3 · answered by Jess 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why is there more cases of this than years aGO,,cuz years ago parents didnt allow it
2006-11-02 03:33:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋