What Makes A Person Have Adult Add? By Tellman H. Knudson At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

People often point the finger at parents when a child is diagnosed ADD, saying that attention deficit is the result of bad parenting. Though an exact cause for the disorder is unknown, it doesn't stem from bad parenting. Environmental, physical, and genetic factors may be to blame, and these are the reasons:

Environment: Indications are that mothers who smoke and drink while pregnant put their children at risk for ADD. And high levels of lead found in preschoolers are another suspected element, though this environmental danger is diminishing due to the ban on lead-based paints.

Brain trauma: Some children who experience brain injury will exhibit symptoms of attention deficit; yet, only a very small percentage of children with attention deficit ever had brain trauma. In other words, injuries to the brain do not cause attention deficit; it seems to be the other way around.

Sugar and Food Additives: While some blame sugar and food additives for attention deficit, in testing by the National Institutes of Health, neither factor had any effect and they did not worsen the symptoms.

Genetics: If you have ADD, it's probably true that 25% of your close family has it, too, while it only appears in 5% of the general population.

Brain Differences: People with attention deficit have lower activity in the prefrontal cortex of the brain. This is the brain's control center and it is known to block certain responses. Also, the caudate nucleus and the globus pallidus, which are located near the center of the brain and speed or stop orders from the prefrontal cortex, plus the cerebellum, which controls muscle tone, balance, and muscle synchronicity, are often smaller in children with ADD. Sometimes, when the child grows, these parts of the brain grow with them and eventually catch up to normal development. In those cases, it has been shown that adult ADD symptoms do not appear.

Many believe that people outgrow ADD, but recent studies show that nearly 60% of ADD children continue to show symptoms of adult ADD. Not all the symptoms may be present or the intensity of some symptoms might weaken with time. But having attention deficit is not a curse, when the ADD traits of creativity and high intelligence are permitted to explore non-traditional methods of life management. If you think you have adult ADD, take a preliminary test at InstantADDSuccess.com, then consult your physician for a complete diagnosis.

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