ADHD

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Definition:
[|**Bipolar disorder**] is a condition in which people go back and forth between periods of a very good or irritable mood and [|depression]. The "mood swings" between mania and depression can be very quick.
 * ADHD (attention deficit hyperactive disorder)** is a problem with inattentiveness, over-activity, impulsivity, or a combination. For these problems to be diagnosed as **ADHD**, they must be out of the normal range for a child's age and development.page 268

A person with ADHD may have some or all of the following symptoms:


 * difficulty paying attention to details and tendency to make careless mistakes in school or other activities; producing work that is often messy and careless
 * easily distracted by irrelevant stimuli and frequently interrupting ongoing tasks to attend to trivial noises or events that are usually ignored by others
 * inability to sustain attention on tasks or activities
 * difficulty finishing schoolwork or paperwork or performing tasks that require concentration
 * frequent shifts from one uncompleted activity to another
 * [|Procastination]
 * disorganized work habits
 * forgetfulness in daily activities (for example, missing appointments, forgetting to bring lunch)
 * failure to complete tasks such as homework or chores
 * frequent shifts in conversation, not listening to others, not keeping one's mind on conversations, and not following details or rules of activities in social situations

Analogies:
A brain with ADHD is like a lottery power ball machine. You have 55 balls bouncing around. If you pay attention, you will see a number randomly pop up on each of the balls. One second it is there and the next it is gone. You see another, than it is gone. If you try to focus on all of the numbers that pop up, you can't keep up.

‍Mnemonics: ‍
[A Day He's Down

Personal Experience
This is not in the news. You almost never here about this part of it, there are so many children that have ADHD and those kids often also have Early Onset Bi Polar. I know because my son is seven and has Early Onset Bi Polar. We found this out because he has ADHD and he was getting treatment for it. Then we found out about that those were not his only problems. He also has a personality disorder that goes with it, [|Oppositional Defiance disorder]. These three combined makes life hard. Every day in our house is a battle. A simple task such as brushing your teeth is so extremely hard to do whenever my son cannot focus long enough to do it or he just flat out does not want to do it and refuses. As a mother I feel that yes, he needs to brush his teeth, however as a frustrated and tired mother I do want to fight. It is hard for my son to be nice. Most of his words are mean and hurtful. I used to think I will never have a child that hits me and if I have one it will be the last time YEAH RIGHT, my son hits me, kicks me, throws things at me, yells at me and calls me names. I have had to go to the doctor from him jerking me and trying to hit me while I was driving to school. He jammed my shoulder. I have to get an MRI. Everyone else thinks that he is so sweet and love to have him around. Yes, when someone is around he is a great kid until... it is always something that sets him off. I never know what will work one day to the next because; the next day it may cause a total melt down. A melt down can last for HOURS of screaming, throwing, and just going off or if I am lucky it will only last 30 minutes. He says "I don't know why I am like this, I am always bad." My other children do not understand what is happening. He does not even know what he is saying. He cannot control it. He can control it at school, but that is so hard for him to do so, by the time he gets home he is exhausted and spins out of control. He lashes out at everyone and everything. I also get dirty looks in public from other parents in public. I get so angry that these people are giving me dirty looks. They have no idea what I go through on a daily basis with my son. They do not know the tears that I cry because of what I and my son go through. It is ugly and nasty and I hate what is happening and I cannot fix it but he is my son, maybe not by blood, but mine just the same and I love him and all of his craziness. ADHD

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