Essays on Adhd

ADHD is termed for Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, which is a brain disorder marked by an ongoing pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity, impulsivity that interferes with functioning or development.

One study done on measuring ADHD symptomatology in college students said, “One study found 7.48% of the college population with ADHD, with 20% approaching ADHD diagnostic requirements and at least 25% of college students with disabilities are diagnosed with ADHD. According to the NIH, they state, “As ADHD makes an impact on your brain, it also makes a person's ability to pay attention and exercise difficult”.

So the next question is what exactly causes ADHD?

Well, ADHD could be a neurological clutter and shows that it may be due to changes within the brain and the way it functions. Between 10 percent and 35 percent of children with ADHD have a close relative with ADHD, and about half of guardians who had ADHD as a child moreover have a child with ADHD. Research shows that families of children with ADHD appear that relatives are at a more high risk of a chance of being diagnosed with this diagnosis. ADHD was first mentioned in 1902 by a British Pediatrician named Sir George Frederick Still, who described ADHD as “an abnormal defect of moral control in children.” From there on, researchers kept researching and learning more and more information on ADHD and finally broke down the signs and symptoms of each.

Signs and Symptoms

There are three main groups of symptoms for ADHD: lack of attention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. Even though these groups all lie underneath the category of ADHD, they are still somewhat related. According to cdc.gov, they list the checklist for signs and symptoms of inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity. For someone who has inattention this person often does not give close attention to details, struggles to keep attention on the task at hand, doesn't listen well when spoken to directly, doesn't follow instructions, trouble organizing activities, doesn't like to work on things that take up a long period of time such as schoolwork or homework, loses things easily, gets distracted easily, and often is forgetful in daily activities (CDC, 2017).

Now for someone who has the group hyperactivity/impulsivity, their signs and symptoms are different and this person tends to fidget with hands or feet or squirms with something they are near, gets up from their seat when expected to sit, trouble to play or doing leisure activities quietly often seems to be “on the go”, often talks excessively, blurts out answers before questions have finished, and interrupts or intrudes on others. Now obviously the third group is still to be talked about, but obviously, a person who has the combined group often seems to have different characteristics from each group (Nazeer, Mansour, & Gross, 2014).

One problem that many people tend to have issues with is determining who has ADHD and who doesn't have it. According to one scientific website, they state the 14 symptoms to look for in someone with ADHD and those symptoms are as follows; lack of focus, hyperfocus, disorganization, time management problems, forgetfulness, impulsivity, emotional problems, poor self-image, lack of motivation, restlessness, and anxiety, fatigue, health problems, relationship problems, and substance misuse.