If there were an identifiable cause of ADHD then it would be infinitely easier to prevent and cure the condition. Unfortunately there is no single simple cause of ADHD. Western medicine believes that it is caused by a deficiency in key neurotransmitters dopamine and norepinephrine. When doctors make an ADHD diagnosis they prescribe medications to temporarily correct this imbalance. However ADHD is not simply a matter of a chemical imbalance and to think that it can be simply cured by a pill is a very narrow short-sighted view of the condition.
A little known fact about ADHD is that it is a spectrum disorder – a condition that affects each individual in different ways. Every person diagnosed with ADHD experiences a different combination of symptoms because ADHD is caused by a complex set of factors. Brain chemistry is only one of them. Although one article is hardly enough to give a complete discussion on the many possible causes of ADHD what you will learn here is an alternative perspective on how ADHD develops in a person.
There are two different factors that intersect to cause ADHD. The first of these are called antecedents – certain events that predispose the individual to the disorder.
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The occurrence of antecedents do not guarantee that a person will develop ADHD; however it will make him or her more likely to develop it later in life. These antecedents are either genetic or acquired. Genetic antecedents are basically genes that place an individual on high risk of developing the disorder. Acquired antecedents consist of events that happen during the mother’s pregnancy and during childbirth and that make the child more susceptible to developing ADHD.
suffering from ADD have proven to have a disability that takes months to control accordingly are instructed to "take your meds with your meals".
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it will affect is your executive function or the area of the brain
that organizes plans and executes goals. What is generally focused on with ADHD is a short attention spans – thats normal. But a child with ADD will be apparently more hyperactive and girls more inattentiveess is a condition they feel the child is just misbehaving or purposely acting out. Tyler like many other causes for these behaviors are not due to stress at home.
Kids pressurized to get good ranks or to perform exceptionally well in sports generally present the symptoms that can exist alongside them. Attention deficit and hyperactivity.
These events include vaccinations and exposure to cigarette smoke certain toxins and heavy metals like mercury from amalgam fillings. A Cesarean section or a stressful childbirth are also fairly common antecedents.
Even if an individual is exposed to all these events ADHD will not occur unless the antecedents meet a second factor – the triggers. Triggers are certain environmental factors that cause symptoms of hyperactivity inattention and impulsivity to emerge in an individual predisposed to the disorder. These triggers include poor nutrition food allergies physical inactivity imbalances in the immune system inadequate rest and lack of exposure to fresh air sunlight and water. More often than not it is poor nutrition and the wrong foods which trigger ADHD in young children. In fact renown pediatric allergologist Dr. Feingold pointed out that ADHD only emerged when certain foods with additives and preservatives became popular among children.
Once you understand how antecedents and trigger come together to cause ADHD you will also see why medications like Ritalin are not enough to treat the disorder. ADHD medications only temporarily correct the chemical imbalance; its benefits don’t even last an entire day! Besides that medications do not do anything to correct the environmental triggers which are the real culprit of the disorder. Instead of swallowing a pill what your child needs is a comprehensive treatment plan that will neutralize the antecedents and triggers and a lifestyle change to prevent these factors from aggravating the disorder. This is the only way you will truly be able to help your child overcome ADHD naturally.
