Sept. 11, 2015
(RiordanClinis.org) There’s still no clear answer to why ADD and ADHD are increasingly common in children—whether it’s simply due to more accurate diagnosis, or other factors—but it’s clear that these conditions can significantly affect the lives of both children and adults. While the traditional method of treating ADD and ADHD is with medication, there are some schools of thought that say natural methods of symptom management, such as behavioral and environmental modification, dietary changes and natural supplements, are more desirable.Freelance1
Attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder affects an estimated 11% of young Americans aged between 4 and 17, making it the most common psychiatric disorder affecting the country’s young people. Symptoms of the disorder, which include difficulty focusing on certain types of tasks, difficulty with organization and time-keeping, and physical restlessness, have been shown to develop as the result of differences in the way the brain produces and responds to neurotransmitters like dopamine.
There is, however. a school of thought that says ADHD and ADD aren’t psychiatric disorders—just psychiatric variations on what we think of as normal. Many people who are diagnosed with one of these disorders as children are no longer affected when they grow up, and it may be that the reason isn’t that they’ve “grown out of” the condition, but rather that they’ve chosen a career path and lifestyle that makes the most of their neurological traits. There is definitely some merit to this theory, but ADHD and ADD don’t affect all adults in exactly the same way, and it’s possible that those people who seemed to be “cured” as adults were misdiagnosed as children, or had only a mild form of the disorder.
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