ADD-ADHD Signs and Symptoms

Signs and Symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder

The medical community stands by the criteria set by the American Psychiatric Association in 1994. Based on the readings, the primary symptoms associated with ADHD are impulsivity, inattention, and hyperactivity. Here is a summary of each symptom.

Inattention

ADD & ADHD afflicted individuals can have problems with focusing, selecting, maintaining, resisting, or shifting (or a combination of) attention. Many might have problems initiating tasks while others lose focus with directions during activity. If you observe closely, you can see where the attention process starts to disintegrate in the affected individual.

Short attention spans or being easily distracted are common traits of ADD and ADHD children. In reality, both inattentiveness & distractibility don’t go hand in hand.

Distractibility is a term given to short attention spans and the relative ease in which children could be swayed into switching tasks and altering their attention.

Attention is a multi functional process that involves choosing something to focus on, selecting something that needs attention at a particular moment, and maintaining that attention for as long as required. Resisting and shifting our attention is also a part of the process.

Easily distractible children have a tendency to get their attention off balance and can be quickly swayed into focusing on something else.

ADD and ADHD children have trouble with one or more of these process. Routine and boring tasks are especially hard, along with starting a task in the first place. Someone familiar with the condition can easily tell when the attention process starts to disintegrate in these children.

According to the DSM/IV, here is a list of inattentive symptoms:

• Poor attention to details and frequent mistakes in school assignments and work activities
• Lack of concentration in tasks or play activities
• Looking lost or appearing to ignore people who speak to them directly
• Poor follow through on instructions and hardships with completing school assignments, house chores, or occupation duties
• Poor organization of activities and tasks
• Avoiding tasks that require lots of mental effort, like house chores or schoolwork
• Frequent misplacing of things, especially those that belong to particular tasks like pencils and books
• Distractibility when multiple stimuli are present
• Forgetfulness
  

Hyperactivity

Excessive activity is one of the most common ADHD conditions. Little young children may be given the label of being "battery run" or "little engines" when they possess a demeanor that borders on overdrive. Activity levels could get less with age. Once adulthood hits, these symptoms may turn into restlessness and quirky behavior.

Here are some symptoms associated with hyperactivity, according to the DSM/IV:

• Excessive fidgeting when seated
• Trouble sitting still in the classroom or in situations where sitting is expected
• Excessive running, scaling, and climbing of objects, especially during times when it is inappropriate (adults will show restlessness in this case)
• Having a hard time playing or doing leisurely things quietly and peacefully
• Talking too much with no sense of when to stop
  

Impulsivity

Acting without thinking is what people think about the most when they think of impulsivity. Children with ADHD show impulsive tendencies in a different way. For starters, ADHD afflicted children have trouble waiting for rewards, and its anticipation is met with sudden speaking out of turn, interrupting other people, and performing non calculated risks. An impulsive child with ADHD will burst out into the street without warning or scale large objects without attention to his or her safety. These activities aren't coming from a risk taking child, rather, a child who has problems delaying gratification and rewards. Many times, children will realize they’ve entered dire straits with no sense of recovery.

Some symptoms associated with impulsivity include:
 

• Talking out of turn
• Blurting answers out before questions are fully asked
• Having a hard time waiting their turn during a game, etc.
• Interrupting during social situations, demanding too much attention

Natural ADD/ADHD Solution

If you have a child with ADHD, Attend might be the perfect solution. It’s an all natural supplement that should be explored before trying the more dangerous medications.

Attend is a all natural homeopathic remedy, without all of those risky side effects of drugs that can cause a possible addiction and other problems.

Attend has the right mix homeopathic medicinals that can help to strengthen the neural connections. This helps improve memory skills. Attend also works well alongside other all natural ADHD supplements because of its makeup, a collection of amino acids, herbs, minerals, and homeopathics. Attend by Vaxa has shown a 70 percent success rate during clinical trials.

Extress (part of the Attend Strategy Pack) can also be beneficial as part of an all natural solution. Extress helps to minimize hyperactivity. Memorin is also part of the Attend Strategy Pack and helps with associated memory problems.