ADHD
ADHD is not like a broken arm, or strep throat. Unlike these two
disorders, ADHD does not have clear physical signs that can be seen in
an x-ray or a lab test. ADHD can only be identified by looking for
certain characteristic behaviors, and these behaviors vary from person
to person. Scientists have not yet identified a single cause behind all
the different patterns of behavior--and they may never find just one.
Rather, someday scientists may find that ADHD is actually an umbrella
term for several slightly different disorders.
At present, ADHD is a diagnosis applied to children and adults who
consistently display certain characteristic behaviors over a period of
time. The most common behaviors fall into three categories: inattention,
hyperactivity, and impulsivity.
Inattention. People who are inattentive have a hard time keeping their
mind on any one thing and may get bored with a task after only a few
minutes. They may give effortless, automatic attention to activities and
things they enjoy. But focusing deliberate, conscious attention to
organizing and completing a task or learning something new is difficult.
Hyperactivity. People who are hyperactive always seem to be in motion.
They can't sit still. They may dash around or talk incessantly. Sitting
still through a lesson can be an impossible task. Hyperactive children
squirm in their seat or roam around the room. Or they might wiggle their
feet, touch everything, or noisily tap their pencil. Hyperactive teens
and adults may feel intensely restless. They may be fidgety or they may
try to do several things at once, bouncing around from one activity to
the next.
Impulsivity. People who are overly impulsive seem unable to curb their
immediate reactions or think before they act. As a result, hey may blurt
out inappropriate comments. Or, they may run into the street without
looking. 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.
ADHD Is Not Usually
Caused by:
too much TV
food allergies
excess sugar
poor home life
poor schools
Dealing with the day to day activities of a child with
ADHD can be challenging. School work is affected and communication
becomes an important issue. Trouble finishing daily tasks Listening problems Distracted easily Difficulties finishing school work Needing much supervision Difficulty waiting in line for group activities Excessively running and climbing Difficulty sitting and staying seated
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Here are some of the behaviors associated
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Assessing ADHD
Not everyone who is overly
hyperactive, inattentive, or impulsive has an attention
disorder. Since most people sometimes blurt out things they
didn't mean to say, bounce from one task to another, or become
disorganized and forgetful, how can specialists tell if the
problem is ADHD?
To assess whether a person has ADHD, specialists consider
several critical questions: Are these behaviors excessive,
long-term, and pervasive? That is, do they occur more often than
in other people the same age? Are they a continuous problem, not
just a response to a temporary situation? Do the behaviors occur
in several settings or only in one specific place like the
playground or the office? The person's pattern of behavior is
compared against a set of criteria and characteristics of the
disorder. These criteria appear in a diagnostic reference book
called the DSM (short for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
of Mental Disorders).
According to the diagnostic manual, 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. Or they may show all three
types of behavior.
According to the DSM, signs of
inattention include:
Becoming easily distracted by irrelevant sights and sounds.
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.
Some signs of hyperactivity and
impulsivity are:
Feeling restless, often fidgeting with hands or feet, or
squirming.
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 for a turn.
Because everyone shows some of these behaviors at times, the DSM contains very specific guidelines for determining when they indicate ADHD. The behaviors must appear early in life, before age 7, and continue for at least 6 months. In children, they must be more frequent or severe than in others the same age. Above all, the behaviors must create a real handicap in at least two areas of a person's life, such as school, home, work, or social settings. So someone whose work or friendships are not impaired by these behaviors would not be diagnosed with ADHD. Nor would a child who seems overly active at school but functions well elsewhere.
Can other conditions cause these
symptoms?
The fact is, many things can produce these behaviors. Anything
from chronic fear to mild seizures can make a child seem
overactive, quarrelsome, impulsive, or inattentive. For example,
a formerly cooperative child who becomes overactive and easily
distracted after a parent's death is dealing with an emotional
problem, not ADHD. A chronic middle ear infection can also make
a child seem distracted and uncooperative. So can living with
family members who are physically abusive or addicted to drugs
or alcohol. Can you imagine a child trying to focus on a math
lesson when his or her safety and well-being are in danger each
day? Such children are showing the effects of other problems,
not ADHD.
In other children, ADHD-like behaviors may be their response to
a defeating classroom situation. Perhaps the child has a
learning disability and is not developmentally ready to learn to
read and write at the time these are taught. Or maybe the work
is too hard or too easy, leaving the child frustrated or bored.
Some children's attention and class participation improve when
the class structure and lessons are adjusted a bit to meet their
emotional needs, instructional level, or learning style.
Although such children need a little help to get on track at
school, they probably don't have ADHD.
It's also important to realize that during certain stages of
development, the majority of children that age tend to be
inattentive, hyperactive, or impulsive--but do not have ADHD.
Preschoolers have lots of energy and run everywhere they go, but
this doesn't mean they are hyperactive. And many teenagers go
through a phase when they are messy, disorganized, and reject
authority. It doesn't mean they will have a lifelong problem
controlling their impulses.
ADHD is a serious diagnosis that may require long-term treatment
with counseling and medication. So it's important that a person
first be assessed for any other causes for these behaviors.
What Can Look Like ADHD?
Underachievement at school due to a learning disability
Attention lapses caused by petit mal seizures
A middle ear infection that causes an intermittent hearing
problem
Disruptive or unresponsive behavior due to anxiety or depression
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Can other disorders accompany ADHD?
One of the difficulties in diagnosing ADHD is that it is often
accompanied by other problems. For example, many children with
ADHD also have a specific learning disability (LD), which means
they have trouble mastering language or certain academic skills,
typically reading and math. ADHD is not in itself a specific
learning disability. But because it can interfere with
concentration and attention, ADHD can make it doubly hard for a
child with LD to do well in school.
A very small proportion of people with ADHD have a rare disorder
called Tourette's syndrome. People with Tourette's have tics and
other movements like eye blinks or facial twitches that they
cannot control. Others may grimace, shrug, sniff, or bark out
words.
More serious, nearly half of all children with ADHD--mostly
boys--tend to have another condition, called oppositional
defiant disorder. These children may overreact or lash out when
they feel bad about themselves. They may be stubborn, have
outbursts of temper, or act belligerent or defiant. Sometimes
this progresses to more serious conduct disorders. Children with
this combination of problems are at risk of getting in trouble
at school, and even with the police. They may take unsafe risks
and break laws--they may steal, set fires, destroy property, and
drive recklessly. It's important that children with these
conditions receive help before the behaviors lead to more
serious problems.
At some point, many children with ADHD--mostly younger children
and boys--experience other emotional disorders. About one-fourth
feel anxious. They feel tremendous worry, tension, or
uneasiness, even when there's nothing to fear. Because the
feelings are scarier, stronger, and more frequent than normal
fears, they can affect the child's thinking and behavior. Others
experience depression. Depression goes beyond ordinary
sadness--people may feel so "down" that they feel hopeless and
unable to deal with everyday tasks. Depression can disrupt
sleep, appetite, and the ability to think.
Because emotional disorders and attention disorders so often go
hand in hand, every child who has ADHD should be checked for
accompanying anxiety and depression. Anxiety and depression can
be treated, and helping children handle such strong, painful
feelings will help them cope with and overcome the effects of
ADHD.
Of course, not all children with ADHD have an additional
disorder. Nor do all people with learning disabilities,
Tourette's syndrome, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct
disorder, anxiety, or depression have ADHD. But when they do
occur together, the combination of problems can seriously
complicate a person's life. For this reason, it's important to
watch for other disorders in children who have ADHD.
What causes ADHD?
Understandably, one of the first questions parents ask when they
learn their child has an attention disorder is "Why? What went
wrong?"
Health professionals stress that since no one knows what causes
ADHD, it doesn't help parents to look backward to search for
possible reasons. There are too many possibilities to pin down
the cause with certainty. It is far more important for the
family to move forward in finding ways to get the right help.
Scientists, however, do need to study causes in an effort to
identify better ways to treat, and perhaps some day, prevent
ADHD. They are finding more and more evidence that ADHD does not
stem from home environment, but from biological causes. When you
think about it, there is no clear relationship between home life
and ADHD. Not all children from unstable or dysfunctional homes
have ADHD. And not all children with ADHD come from
dysfunctional families. Knowing this can remove a huge burden of
guilt from parents who might blame themselves for their child's
behavior.
Over the last decades, scientists have come up with possible
theories about what causes ADHD. Some of these theories have led
to dead ends, some to exciting new avenues of investigation.
One disappointing theory was that all attention disorders and
learning disabilities were caused by minor head injuries or
undetectable damage to the brain, perhaps from early infection
or complications at birth. Based on this theory, for many years
both disorders were called "minimal brain damage" or "minimal
brain dysfunction." Although certain types of head injury can
explain some cases of attention disorder, the theory was
rejected because it could explain only a very small number of
cases. Not everyone with ADHD or LD has a history of head trauma
or birth complications.
Research shows that a mother's use
of cigarettes, alcohol, or other drugs during pregnancy may have
damaging effects on the unborn child. These substances may be
dangerous to the fetus's developing brain. It appears that
alcohol and the nicotine in cigarettes may distort developing
nerve cells. For example, heavy alcohol use during pregnancy has
been linked to fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), a condition that
can lead to low birth weight, intellectual impairment, and
certain physical defects. Many children born with FAS show much
the same hyperactivity, inattention, and impulsivity as children
with ADHD.
Drugs such as cocaine--including the smokable form known as
crack--seem to affect the normal development of brain receptors.
These brain cell parts help to transmit incoming signals from
our skin, eyes, and ears, and help control our responses to the
environment. Current research suggests that drug abuse may harm
these receptors. Some scientists believe that such damage may
lead to ADHD.
Toxins in the environment may also disrupt brain development or
brain processes, which may lead to ADHD. Lead is one such
possible toxin. It is found in dust, soil, and flaking paint in
areas where leaded gasoline and paint were once used. It is also
present in some water pipes. Some animal studies suggest that
children exposed to lead may develop symptoms associated with
ADHD, but only a few cases have actually been found.
Other research shows that attention disorders tend to run in
families, so there are likely to be genetic influences. Children
who have ADHD usually have at least one close relative who also
has ADHD. And at least one-third of all fathers who had ADHD in
their youth bear children who have ADHD. Even more convincing:
the majority of identical twins share the trait. At the National
Institutes of Health, researchers are also on the trail of a
gene that may be involved in transmitting ADHD in a small number
of families with a genetic thyroid disorder.
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Listol is an extremely safe
all-natural supplement that rids your body of toxins that
interfere with memory and learning, while also correcting
vitamin deficiencies commonly associated with ADHD.
Listol Supplement Facts
Magnesium- Studies show that magnesium is one of the most common
nutrient deficiencies in children with ADD/ADHD. Supplementation
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reduce levels of hyperactivity in children.
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DMAE Bitartrate- Has been used for years to improve behavior in
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ability to focus. May be helpful for reducing learning disorders
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N-Acetyl L-Cysteine HCI- Exposure to metals such as mercury and
lead have shown to cause a decline in attention and memory. (3,4
) N-Acetyl L-Cysteine is an amino acid that helps to remove
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against pathogens.
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Pyridoxal-5 Phosphate- This is the active form of Vitamin B6 and
can help the gastrointestinal tract absorb amino acids.
Listol Contains: 15mg
Folic Acid- Has been used to help with ADHD by correcting
vitamin deficiencies.
Listol Contains: 400mcg
Huperzine A Ext.- Enhances memory and has shown to improve
learning in adolescent students.
Listol Contains: 100mcg
Lecithin- Boosts memory and concentration.
Listol Contains: 25mg
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