Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder – Updates
There is some confusion about Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder that I’d like to clear up. Some of the misconceptions about ADHD health are based on old information. Sometimes, really old information! Let’s bring things up to date…
Is it ADHD or ADD?
Today Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder is commonly referred to by any of the acronyms ADHD, AD/HD and ADD. They all mean the same thing.
ADD is new, right?
ADHD symptoms have been referenced in medical literature since at least the early 1900s. At that time children who exhibited symptoms of ADHD where categorized as being “morally defective.” Even as recently as the 1970s, ADHD was often thought of as “minimal brain damage.”
What is ADHD then?
The good news is that we know a lot more about ADHD then the top scientists of 50-100 years ago. While we still don’t have all the answers, we do have a better idea about what ADHD is and is not. No one today refers to having ADHD as having brain damage, but there does appear to be areas within the brain where there is reduced level of neurological activity, especially in the regions that control our ability to pay attention.
Dr. Daniel Amen is a noted physician, psychiatrist and scientist specializing in the human brain and how it works. In 2002 he defined ADHD as “an inherited neurological syndrome characterized by easy distractibility, low tolerance for frustration or boredom, and a greater than average tendency to say or do whatever comes to mind.”
How can it be treated?
Many people believe that the only way to help someone with ADHD is with medication. Some people benefit from medication, but many others, including me, have found that we can treat our ADHD health symptoms and learn to thrive in the world without medications.
I don’t think having a “low tolerance for…boredom” as Dr. Amen says is such a bad thing! It has actually helped propel me to become an entrepreneur and to follow my passions in life. Because of my own ADHD symptoms I created a program whereby my coaching company has helped thousands of other adults with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder to gain focus and achieve the goals they have set for themselves so they can achieve success in their lives.
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