what is ADD???????

Question

What exactly is is...not adding but Attention Deficit Disorder.How can you diagnose someone with it?Are there like symptoms of it and if there are what are they?

Answer 1

Attention Deficit Disorder is the inability to distinguish or prioritize events as they occur around you. As a result, you have to try to pay attention to everything, which makes it seem like you are daydreaming, or in the case of ADHD 9Attention Dficit Hyperactivity disorder) bouncing off the walls. Basically, the part of your brain that processes information is running at a different speed than the part of your brain that sorts the information out, stores it, and prioritizes it.

ADD is at the low end of the spectrum of disorders that continues into obsessive compulsive disorder, and goes on to Asberger's syndrome and finally full Autism. The theory is that a combination of events, including the use of mercury as a preservative in inoculations and the ingestion of mercury by fish such as Tuna, (after it was introduced into the atmosphere by coal burning power plants) caused an epidemic of behavioral disorders in young children, who are most affected by this phenomenon. There are many other theories, and I have included some links below to give you amore rounded out view, but I tend to hold on to mine since China had a very low incidence rate of autism until they accepted inoculations from the U.S. and suddenly had millions of cases! There are a number of reports from the U.S. government and one from the Danish Government that say there is no causal effect, and yet pregnant women are being warned not to eat tuna fish and people are actually buying home testing kits to find out how much mercury they have in their systems!

http://www.sharpermindcenters.com/articles/deadly_immunity.htm

http://www.wnho.net/vaccinationnews.htm

Answer 2

Oh, I love both classic mythology and the modern works! ADD and ADHD is basically a scam made up by drug companies in recent years as a way to sell Ritalin and similar products. The target consumers are busy parents who don't have time to properly raise their kids. If said kids want to act like normal kids and not robots, parents take them to the doctor to be diagnosed with ADHD and prescribed drugs that actually worsen both their school performance and general quality of life. Enjoy this for what it is- just a story. Don't believe in it any more than you do Santa Claus.

Answer 3

attention deficit disorder. it doesn't let the person pay attention, or do any of their school work.

Answer 4

Attention deficit disorder (ADHD) is characterized by inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. These types of behaviors typically appear early in a child's life. Because many, if not most, normal children may have these kinds of behaviors, you cannot assume a child has ADHD if just one or two of these symptoms are present. If you suspect a person has ADHD, the person should seek an evaluation from a qualified mental health professional.

Symptoms of ADHD will appear over the course of many months, often with the symptoms of impulsiveness and hyperactivity preceding those of inattention, which may not emerge for a year or more. Different symptoms may appear in different settings, depending on the demands the situation may pose for the child's self-control. A child who "can't sit still" or is otherwise disruptive will be noticeable in school, but the inattentive daydreamer may be overlooked. The impulsive child who acts before thinking may be considered just a "discipline problem," while the child who is passive or sluggish may be viewed as merely unmotivated. Yet both may have different types of ADHD. All children are sometimes restless, sometimes act without thinking, sometimes daydream the time away. When the child's hyperactivity, distractibility, poor concentration, or impulsivity begin to affect performance in school, social relationships with other children, or behavior at home, ADHD may be suspected. But because the symptoms vary so much across settings, ADHD is not easy to diagnose. This is especially true when inattentiveness is the primary symptom.

According to the most recent version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR), there are three patterns of behavior that indicate ADHD. People with ADHD may show several signs of being consistently inattentive. They may have a pattern of being hyperactive and impulsive far more than others of their age. Or they may show all three types of behavior. This means that there are three subtypes of ADHD recognized by professionals. These are the predominantly hyperactive-impulsive type (that does not show significant inattention); the predominantly inattentive type (that does not show significant hyperactive-impulsive behavior) sometimes called ADD—an outdated term for this entire disorder; and the combined type (that displays both inattentive and hyperactive-impulsive symptoms).

Hyperactivity-Impulsivity
Hyperactive children always seem to be "on the go" or constantly in motion. They dash around touching or playing with whatever is in sight, or talk incessantly. Sitting still at dinner or during a school lesson or story can be a difficult task. They squirm and fidget in their seats or roam around the room. Or they may wiggle their feet, touch everything, or noisily tap their pencil. Hyperactive teenagers or adults may feel internally restless. They often report needing to stay busy and may try to do several things at once.

Impulsive children seem unable to curb their immediate reactions or think before they act. They will often blurt out inappropriate comments, display their emotions without restraint, and act without regard for the later consequences of their conduct. Their impulsivity may make it hard for them to wait for things they want or to take their turn in games. They may grab a toy from another child or hit when they're upset. Even as teenagers or adults, they may impulsively choose to do things that have an immediate but small payoff rather than engage in activities that may take more effort yet provide much greater but delayed rewards.

Some signs of hyperactivity-impulsivity are:

Feeling restless, often fidgeting with hands or feet, or squirming while seated
Running, climbing, or leaving a seat in situations where sitting or quiet behavior is expected
Blurting out answers before hearing the whole question
Having difficulty waiting in line or taking turns.
Inattention
Children who are inattentive have a hard time keeping their minds on any one thing and may get bored with a task after only a few minutes. If they are doing something they really enjoy, they have no trouble paying attention. But focusing deliberate, conscious attention to organizing and completing a task or learning something new is difficult.

Homework is particularly hard for these children. They will forget to write down an assignment, or leave it at school. They will forget to bring a book home, or bring the wrong one. The homework, if finally finished, is full of errors and erasures. Homework is often accompanied by frustration for both parent and child.

The DSM-IV-TR gives these signs of inattention:

Often becoming easily distracted by irrelevant sights and sounds
Often failing to pay attention to details and making careless mistakes
Rarely following instructions carefully and completely losing or forgetting things like toys, or pencils, books, and tools needed for a task
Often skipping from one uncompleted activity to another.
Children diagnosed with the Predominantly Inattentive Type of ADHD are seldom impulsive or hyperactive, yet they have significant problems paying attention. They appear to be daydreaming, "spacey," easily confused, slow moving, and lethargic. They may have difficulty processing information as quickly and accurately as other children. When the teacher gives oral or even written instructions, this child has a hard time understanding what he or she is supposed to do and makes frequent mistakes. Yet the child may sit quietly, unobtrusively, and even appear to be working but not fully attending to or understanding the task and the instructions.

These children don't show significant problems with impulsivity and overactivity in the classroom, on the school ground, or at home. They may get along better with other children than the more impulsive and hyperactive types of ADHD, and they may not have the same sorts of social problems so common with the combined type of ADHD. So often their problems with inattention are overlooked. But they need help just as much as children with other types of ADHD, who cause more obvious problems in the classroom.

Answer 5

http://www.add-adhd.org/ADHD_attention-deficit.html

Answer 6

it`s basicly someone what will do anything for attention. i think.