Attention deficit disorder is a self explanatory condition that people of all ages are afflicted with all over the world. Also called attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, it is classified as a neurobehavioral developmental disorder, which more commonly than not, affects up to 5 of the children. Unlike autism or any other early brain disorder, the symptoms that are associated with ADHD are often seen in children within the age range of 5 – 9 years old, with the more common symptoms cropping up when they are seven years old. Also, a phenomenon with ADHD is that it crops up twice as likely in boys as it does in girls.
The most common of the symptoms associated with ADHD are impulsiveness, which means that they act purely on impulse with no thought for their actions what so ever. They have also scattered thoughts, organisation of their critical faculties as well as the tendency to interrupt people or even themselves during conversation. This is characteristic of a nerve of emotions and impulses, a sort of overriding of their conscious mental faculties of critical thought, rationale appraisal and the normal defences of awareness. There is also a tendency for people with ADHD with hyperactivity, with an extreme restlessness, extremely uneasy all the time.
They tend to pace up and down the room, looking for things to do, unable to fixate their concentration on any one thing for long. They also manifest their hyperactivity with physical actions like constant tapping of their fingers, shaking of their legs and even the inability to sleep. The last most common symptom of attention deficit disorder is inattention. They are unable to hold their attention to a particular subject for long. This is due to their lack of mental focus and concentration, their mind wanders to other thoughts easily without the normal cerebral anchor that normal people have to focus on something. The thing is, 90 of people in the world have, to a small degree, these symptoms which affect them occasionally.
This is very normal, due to the genetic make up of the human body and the nervous system and they do not affect us to the point where our life becomes disordered and we are unable to function as normal human beings. People with serious ADHD problems however, will show extreme symptoms of the three states described earlier. Children are more likely, for one thing, to display their hyperactivity symptoms than adults. Some of the more secondary symptoms are oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder which is characterised by anti social behaviour, anger, stubbornness, tantrums in children, eve damaging behaviour like stealing and lying.
People with ADHD also can be distinctly bi polar, with more children being more likely to attribute these symptom. Also, it can be said that when in children, they actually outgrow their symptoms, even without treatment. Attention deficit disorder and their symptoms can be recognised at an early stages, and with the proper treatment, a normal life can be experienced.
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