| Attention deficit disorders are associated with | | | | hand-me-down from the pre-agricultural, hunters of |
| neurotic hyperactivity, the acronym for the disorder | | | | past ages. It suggests that during those times, the |
| name is "ADHD." As the name suggests, the person | | | | symptoms of attention deficit disorder, may have |
| with this kind of affection has episodes characterized | | | | been essential for survival. It further claims that this |
| by mental haziness, fidgeting and impulsiveness. | | | | pattern of behavior may actually be beneficial to a |
| Because these behavioral patterns are normal but | | | | society. |
| infrequent manifestations in human beings, it | | | | Another possible cause is the exposure of the fetus |
| becomes difficult to diagnose a patient as an | | | | to alcohol, nicotine and lead. Also implicated in this |
| attention deficit patient. There are no clear-cut | | | | respect are complications and abnormalities during |
| percentages or counts to determine the boundary | | | | child birth. Nicotine produces hypoxia in fetuses and |
| line between normal and pathological attention | | | | has been tagged as one of the factors increasing the |
| deficiency. The symptoms may appear in three | | | | chances of acquiring attention deficit disorder. |
| ways, prevalently inattentive, prevalently hyperactive, | | | | Substances used for coloring food are also suspected |
| or, inattentive and hyperactive in equal intensity. | | | | to encourage attention deficit disorders. Some |
| Inattentive symptoms include: | | | | artificial food colors; sunset yellow FCF (E110), |
| 1. Distraction, forgetfulness, overlooking details and | | | | quinoline yellow (E104), carmoisine (E122), allura red |
| fidgety-ness | | | | (E129), tartrazine (E102) and ponceau 4R (E124), and |
| 2. Great difficulty in focusing attention | | | | the preservative sodium benzoate have been linked |
| 3. Getting bored easily with emotionally monotonous | | | | to attention deficit disease. While many countries |
| tasks | | | | have not banned the use of food colors, some |
| 4. Unable to organize one's self or the activity on | | | | countries may require manufacturers to inform the |
| hand | | | | public of the presence of suspected culprit colors in |
| 5. Tendency to lose items | | | | their products. In the USA food labels may contain |
| 6. Tendency to ignore what others are saying | | | | text like: "Contains FD&C Red #40." This |
| 7. Daydreaming | | | | suggests that the effects of food dyes may |
| 8. Slow movements | | | | influence the person's capacity for sensory |
| 9. Unable to process information fast | | | | integration, resulting in the various manifestations that |
| 10. Inability to follow instructions | | | | simulate the symptoms of this disease |
| Hyperactive symptoms include: | | | | Child violence and child abuse are also known to |
| 1. Restlessness | | | | produce behavioral patterns in children similar to |
| 2. Continuous chattering | | | | attention deficit affliction. |
| 3. Jumping about and touching and playing with things | | | | The beneficial effects of stimulant drugs on ADHD |
| 4. Unable to remain still | | | | patients has produced the theory that these people |
| 5. Impatience and impulsiveness | | | | have a high arousal threshold. This directly causes the |
| 6. Irresponsible actions or speech | | | | lack of attention and dreaminess states. In turn, to |
| 7. Difficulty waiting for one's turn in a game or in a | | | | cope with this under-stimulation from the |
| queue | | | | surroundings, the patients resort to intense |
| Attention deficit and hyperactive disease has been | | | | movement, talkativeness, emotional behavior and |
| attributed to many causes. The first is evolutionary. | | | | fidgety-ness. |
| This hypothesis claims that this disorder is really a | | | | |