What is ADHD?

Question

Hi.I wanted to know what ADHD is.A couple of my cousin's friends has it,I dont know what it is!

Answer 1

ADHD is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Difficulty paying attention and controlling impulses are the main symptoms of this disorder. Focus and concentration are impared. It is a neurological/chemical disorder. The frontal lobes in the brain do not produce the chemical Dopamine. There are many causes and types of ADHD. It can be controlled through behavioral management and medication.
My son's favorite joke is: How many kids with ADHD does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Response - I wanna go ride my bike. LOL

Answer 2

ADHD is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. There are many different varieties, but it is basically a condition where the brain cannot prioritize as to what stimulas is most important in any given situation. It tries to compensate by paying attention to everything, which causes anziety. Anxiety leads to the release of adreniline, which causes the individual to have more energy than they generally need to deal with the situation. This leads to the hyperactivity. Most children who have Attention Deficit disorder also have the ability to hyperfocus. When they learn the coping techniques that help them to deal with their condition, they can sometimes even turn the ability to hyperfocus into a genuine advantage. This generally takes a long period of training with a licensed therapist however, and many individuals with ADD and ADHD have limited resources. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

It means they have a realy hard time being organized, and paying attention to people who keep on talking and talking, such as a long boring lecture. It means they forget to do things such as forget where they put their keys and loose things a lot because they dont have organizational skills. It means they like to procrastinate and have hard time starting and stopping what they are doing. The H means they are also hyper, and have a hard time sitting or standing in one place, and the H means they like to move around a lot.

Answer 4

ADHD is a mental disease unfortunately becoming more well known and wide spread among children, it has three main subtypes and various symptoms to identify. The symptoms for ADHD are vary according to its subtype, you should take a look into those symptoms before making any conclusions, here are some:
1. Find it hard to pay attention.
2.Day dreaming and absent minded.
3.Find it hard to complete tasks and assignements.
4.Can't concentrate on one thing for a long time.
5.Easily lose interest in any subject or conversation within minutes.
6.Find it hard to follow instructions.
7.Can't easily comprehend and process new information.
8.Forgetting things and missing out details.
9.Difficulty doing their chores and turning in their homework.
you can find more signs and know the subtypes of ADHD in this article http://www.medrition.com/2014/05/symptoms-of-adhd-in-children.html

Answer 5

my kids have adhd they got it from lead from and old house i used to live in it damages there brain they cant learn as fast as other people they cant stop moving they got be active all day long its a long term condition so anything can happen

Answer 6

It is a chemical imbalance of the brain. A person with this usually has problems focusing on what needs to be done.

Answer 7

It's a variety of Attention Disorder. Do your cousin's friends have trouble paying attetion? Then that's what they have.

Answer 8

Atantion Defasit (dont know how to spell it) hyperactive disorder. They cant sit still and are to hyper and cant pay attention. my cousins have it too.

Answer 9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDX1ZMMIxfE