There are a grand total of 19 studies on Sluggish Cognitive Tempo (SCT) that have been published and recorded at the National Institute of Health data base. Two studies validated that the symptoms of Sluggish Cognitive Tempo include: slow Processing increased reactionunder arousal and faulty Selective Memory
Several studies concluded that people with symptoms of SCT meet the classification of Predominantly Inattentive ADHD but not all people who meet the diagnostic criteria for ADHD Inattentive meet the diagnostic criteria for SCT. Put another way having SCT strongly predicts that you will be diagnosed with the Predominantly Inattentive subtype of ADHD (ADHD-PI) but being Predominantly Inattentive does not predict that you will have symptoms of Sluggish Cognitive Tempo.
Three studies report symptoms in individuals with Sluggish Cognitive Tempo that were not present in individuals with symptoms of Predominantly Inattentive ADHD without SCT. These symptoms included:
Higher rates of depression more social withdrawal and more social dysfunction.
One study looked at treatment with Methylphenidate (Ritalin) and found that the response to treatment was the same for Predominantly Inattentive ADHD with and without symptoms of SCT. One study found that ADHD-PI individuals with and without Sluggish Cognitive Tempo responded positively to Behavioral Therapy and that both inattentive symptoms and sluggishness symptoms were improved by the behavioral intervention.
One large study of over 2800 children found that girls were more likely to have SCT symptoms with Predominantly Inattentive ADHD symptoms and that boys were likely to be inattentive without symptoms of SCT.
The diagnostic manual third edition the DSM III had a diagnosis that was called Attention Deficit Disorder without Hyperactivity. This diagnosis was for people who were inattentive and had “inconsistent levels of orientation and alertness. They were described in the DSM III as sluggish drowsy and ‘daydreamy’. Field trials prior to publishing the DSM IV failed to demonstrate a positive predictive value in diagnosing Predominantly Inattentive ADHD using the symptoms of SCT and these sluggishness items were discarded from the Inattentive ADHD symptom list.
Russell Barkley a very well respected ADHD authority believes that SCT and Predominantly Inattentive ADHD are one and the same. The American Psychiatric Association disagreed with this opinion and removed the SCT symptoms from the ADHD category in the DSM IV. They are currently thinking that SCT is an entity separate from ADHD and are considering placing it in a category of its own.
Some may argue that it does not really matter if SCT and ADHD-PI are treated as the same disorder. SCT and ADHD-I respond about equally well to medication and behavioral therapy both have inattention both have fewer disruptive symptoms or externalizing symptoms when they are compared to people with ADHD Combined type or ADHD Hyperactive/Impulsive and both are more likely to have symptoms of anxiety and depression when they are compared to the other subtypes.
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You could argue that the difference in these two problems are pretty much the same and so the distinction is not important
In people with SCT a treatment that addresses arousal level is imperative whereas in ADHD-PI the treatment should be tailored to address inattention without affecting arousal level. To treat either SCT or ADHD-PI properly the treatments must be tailored to the symptoms. A ‘one size fits all’ approach is not advocated in treating the three different subtypes of ADHD and a ‘one size fits all’ approach for Predominantly Inattentive ADHD and Sluggish Cognitive Tempo may not be appropriate either.
Individuals with Sluggish Cognitive Tempo and individuals with Inattentive ADHD have the symptom of inattention in common but their differences are significant enough that these two disorders should be treated by parents physician’s and teachers as separate disorders.
- Once you have schedules and routines that reflect your personalityInability to organize thoughts toys work spaceConventional Medical TreatmentIf left untreated ADD can isolate a sufferer whose behavior tantrums and outbursts;
- If it is a routine or habit you are trying to create make a rhyme out of the sequence of things you want to accomplish create a sign and post the new habit where you will make it to work on time;
- Say it aloud to yourself tell someone sing it write it down and keep the note somewhere that you will really see;
- Organization is how you manage your things use multiple senses;
- Don just try to remember things your time instead of your environment controlling you;
- When you are faced with organizing something new look at the systems or create new ones that are similar;
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