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Can children be diagnosed at any age with ADD?
Yes, children can be diagnosed with ADD at any age but it is a difficult diagnosis to make. Most kids have extra energy but ADD children exhibit some very noticeable odd behaviors at home.
What percentage of children were diagnosed with ADD or ADHD in 1990?
no one had any idea what ADD was in 1990
How many people are diagnosed with add each year?
It is estimated that around 6.4 million children have been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in the United States. It is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders in children.
Who is affected by add?
According to some sources, ADD and ADHD affect somewhere between 3% and 5% of all children. It actually gets diagnosed in up to 16% of all school aged children, which suggests that it may be over-diagnosed. While the conventional belief for years was that a person would "outgrow" it, more recent research suggests that up to 50% of children with it will continue to have symptoms into adulthood. Since behavior modification has been shown to be an effective component in treatments with ADD/ADHD, it is quite possible that the reason more adults who were diagnosed with ADD/ADHD as kids don't show symptoms as adults is that they learned to cope with it, not that it went away. It has also been noted genetics seems to play a role in ADD/ADHD. Close relatives of people with ADD/ADHD are much more likely to also have ADD/ADHD than the general population. Males are roughly 2 to 3 times as likely to be ADD/ADHD as females. The gender difference may be due to higher susceptibility of males to ADD/ADHD or just a result of females being less likely to be diagnosed.
What should you do if you have ADD while pregnant?
You don't "get" ADD/ADHD therefore it's not a concern. There is however a degree of heritability in diagnoses of ADD/ADHD so children of parents with that diagnosis may be more likely to be diagnosed with the disorder.
Your son was just diagnosed with add and OCD he is 6 years old?
i was diagnosed with it when i was 7.
Have others been diagnosed wrongly before being diagnosed with ADD?
Many are misdiagnosed before being diagnosed with ADD. ADD is also used for many things that simply are not ADD. Make sure you and your doctor or neurologist agree that you or whoever has ADD. Once you study ADD, you will recognize the signs over and over in others. Our lives are so busy today, we are all encouraged to go every minute, fill every second - we almost have to be ADD to keep up. I sometimes call my ADD "excellent at multi-tasking". It is difficult to know when you have crossed the fine line from normal busy to ADD, except with ADD you seldom get things done, you cannot concentrate on any project very long without getting bored. Yup, first diagnosed as lazy all that. I was then diagnosed with depression, which was accurate, but it largely stemmed from not being able to cope with my ADD symptoms. I think a few things made diagnosis harder for me: 1)I've always done very well in school, but it's because I have an excellent memory, not because I could ever study for more than 30 minutes at a time and 2) I'm a girl and don't have hyperactivity, which makes it much less noticeable in most situations.
Paying Attention to ADD?
Attention Deficit Disorder, or ADD, can be defined as a difficulty with being inattentive, over-active, impulsive or any combination of these symptoms. In order for these difficulties to be diagnosed as ADD, they must be out of the normal measurements for a child's development and age. It's possible that ADD may be genetic, but it's uncertain as to what causes it. The disorder seems to spark early in life while the brain is still developing. With the use of imaging studies, it appears as though the brains of children with ADD are markedly different than the brains of other children.
Can ADD start at 15?
I know that ADD can start as early as childhood. I was diagnosed when I was about 16 years of age and my doctor told me that I had ADD way before I was ever diagnosed. So the answer to your question: Can ADD start at 15? Yes it can
Can you have ADD but still talk a lot?
Yes, most psychiatrists will suggest that there is no true 'ADD', just 'ADHD'. ADD is a form of ADHD and most cases still carry over a side of hyperactivity but are not severe enough to suggest ADHD. You'll find that most children diagnosed with ADD tend to do the traditional zoning off, inability to complete complex tasks, however they can still have a touch of hyperactivity on occasion.
Are there are any other 40 plus women with ADD or ADHD?
YES! I've been diagnosed with depression on and off my whole life. Granted I definitely had post partum depression, but now I realized I have ADD! And I've had it my entire life! How am I coming up with this? I'm an RN, both my children have ADD, been divorced, just left my second job in two years!!! So YES, there are women over 40 with ADD.
How do you ask your berth day is?
you add nine months to when you are diagnosed.
