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People often use the term ADD and ADHD interchangeably and for those not very familiar with the disorder, the two words can cause much confusion. But all you need to know is that there is practically no difference between ADD and ADHD. In fact, both names refer to the exact same condition!
To understand how this happened, we need a brief lesson on the history of ADHD, or attention deficit disorder hyperactive. In the early 1980s, the Association American Psychiatric Association came up with the term ADD – Attention Deficit Disorder – to describe the symptoms of inattention, spaciness, and lack concentration which affect some children. The term AD was placed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders version 3, which is the diagnostic manual for mental illness. However, when this edition was revised in 1987, became Disorder ADD ADHD or attention deficit hyperactive.
When he became ADD ADHD, the disorder was categorized into three subtypes.
The first type is called attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD-free rate, which is what the term used to refer a. AD Children and adults diagnosed with ADHD often inattentive type symptoms that indicate an inability to maintain attention and tasks that require a degree of concentration and focus. As a result, they can get very poor grades in school. It also seems that pass much time daydreaming and it takes a while before anyone can bring back to earth. It is harder to identify children with ADHD and their lack of attention type behavior can be easily misdiagnosed as learning disabilities or extreme shyness. Sometimes, people with inattentive type ADHD remain undiagnosed until they reach their teens or twenties and begin to show emotional problems like depression and anxiety.
The second type is called ADHD hyperactive-impulsive type. This type of ADHD is often diagnosed in younger children because the symptoms are more evident. Hyperactive-impulsive type are children who are very nervous when it is sitting still and are always running as if driven by a motor. They also seem to have a problem waiting to turn and constantly interrupting people who speak or interfere in the games. Studies show that children are more susceptible to hyperactive-impulsive type ADHD than girls.
The third type of the ADHD is the combined type and the most complicated of the three. An individual with the combined type experiences a cocktail of the three main symptoms and other complications, such as lack of social skills and learning problems in school.
Different types of ADHD have two interesting implications. First Instead, the differences show that ADHD is caused by a complex interaction of biological and environmental factors, not simply a matter of chemical imbalance as Western medicine could lead you to believe. Secondly, ADHD can not simply be treated with medicine. ADHD drugs only suppress symptoms, but never treat the underlying cause. It really does not matter if your child has the inattentive type, the hyperactive-impulsive type or combined type. What your child needs is a holistic, natural treatment that will address your needs and help to fully outgrow ADHD and without unpleasant side effects of medications.
Dr. Yannick Pauli is an expert on natural approaches to ADHD and the author of the popular self-help home-program The Unritalin Solution. He is Director of the Centre Neurofit in Lausanne, Switzerland and has a passion taking care of children with ADHD. Click on the link for more great information about ADD and ADHD.
