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Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) daydream frequently is characterized by leading to inattention in classrooms or in any activity. Inattention is the decisive diagnostic criteria for ADD. The general perception on ADD is that victim daydream because they lack concentration ability, which isn’t very correct. They can’t pay attention to something, which is boring. Adders are extremely intolerant to boredom. A daydream many a times is more stimulating, then whatever activity being carried out. Sufferer of ADD requires mental stimulation more than others. They may actually be concentrating or hyper focusing on their daydream. As observed many Scientist, Authors, Composers have suffered form this disorder. To list a few of them:

Famous Politicians/World Leaders with ADHD:
Famous world leaders like Winston Churchill, Napoleon, Salvador Dali, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Thomas Jefferson to name a few have suffered from ADHD and still had been able to guide the world.

Famous Philosopher’s with ADHD: Socrates, Henry David Thoreau, and Leo Tolstoy

ADHD Scientists & Inventors:
Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Alexander Graham Bell, Neils Bohr and Benjamin Franklin. They do not require any note to what they have achieved and where the world would be if they had not invented.

Business people with ADHD:
Henry ford had ADHD. Henry Ford started the Ford Motor Company.
Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Business Empire.

Famous Painters with ADHD: Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso.

Famous Authors with ADHD:
Hans Christian Anderson has written beautiful stories for children. Ernest Hemingway was also suffering from the disorder. Agatha Christie has written mystery novels.

Famous Composers with ADHD:
Mozart and Beethoven have written the music that is timeless and borderless.

Famous Poet with ADHD: Robert Frost

Famous Comedians with ADHD:
Jim Carey, Whoopie Goldberg, Mariette Hartley & Robin Williams. All of them are creative and innovative.

Famous Actors/Film makers with ADHD:
Tom Cruise, Dustin Hoffman, Sylvester Stallone, Steven Spielberg, Alfred Hitchcock, Anthony Hopkins.

This is not the end all there are many more. This shows very clearly that ADHD does not hamper progress probably it helps in focusing. To achieve such a feat without focus is impossible. A child with ADHD requires special attention, special learning methods to overcome problem.

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Neurological diseases and diseases related to the brain are difficult to treat and comprehend. Neurologists, psychologists, psychiatrists and medical researchers, despite great studies, know very little about the human brain. Thus a great deal of research and study is required to ascertain the nature of the mental disease that a person is suffering from. The case is no different for ADHD.

What is ADHD?

Attention Deficit Hypersensitive Disorder or ADHD is a neurological disease which mainly affects children. A child is supposed to be suffering from ADHD when he shows signs of extreme restlessness, hyperactiveness, anxiety and impulsiveness. Children suffering from ADHD show these signs very regularly and under all the situations. These children lack the capacity to pay attention for a long time and can be easily distracted.

Causes of ADHD:

The exact cause of ADHD is not yet known. However experts believe that the following reasons might be the factors responsible for ADHD:

1) Experts believe that ADHD is biological in nature and is caused primarily due to a chemical imbalance in the brain.
2) Genetic factor can also be a chief cause for ADHD as per the experts’ opinion. It has been observed that parents suffering from ADHD have children suffering from it too. Thus hereditary cause is also a prime reason for ADHD.
3) Identical tins show a tendency of suffering from ADHD more than the fraternal twins, even if the twins are raised separately.
4) There are other non-genetic factors responsible for causing ADHD. Other environmental factors like the child being exposed to toxic elements like lead or complications during pregnancy like insufficient oxygen or low birth weight or lack of essential fatty acids are responsible for it.
5) Mothers smoking during pregnancy period can play a vital role in making the child suffer from ADHD.
6) Some other causes include unbalanced and lack of nutritious diet, poor parenting and hormonal imbalance.

Conclusion:

The above given causes are simply presumptions made by medical researchers. However the exact cause of ADHD which can be pin-pointed still remains a mystery. Thus the researches continue for finding out the exact cause and treatment of ADHD.

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Many a times it happens that when a treatment for any disease is administered for a disease, the treatment itself can have negative effects on the victim. Thus the case is no different in case of neurological diseases like Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder or ADHD as it is widely known.
In such situations, experts try to search alternative ways and means to cure such diseases.

Need for Alternative cures for ADHD:

ADHD is a neurological disease. It mainly affects children and can be traced from the fact that it makes the child extremely impulsive, hyperactive and restless. As a cure for this disease, the normal prescribed medicines were Ritalin, Novartis etc. However it has been observed that these medicines started having adverse effects on the child suffering from ADHD. Thus medical practitioners started avoiding these drugs. This is where the need for alternative means for treating ADHD became necessary which do not have any side-effects on the victim.

Different Alternatives for treating ADHD:

Researchers, medical experts neurologists have tried to devise different means for treating ADHD. Though ADHD cannot be cured completely, some of the alternative means definitely show some positive results. Some of the alternatives suggested are as follows:

1) Drugs like AMORYN contain hyperforin which helps to improve concentration and can be a basic treatment for anxiety and depression. It also helps in calming the mind and the body. But AMORYN must be given to children under 12 years of age only under the guidance of the physician.
2) There are other natural ways of treatment like ATTEND which is a very good homeopathic or herbal way of treating ADHD. ATTEND involves amino acid combinations, essential fatty acids, lipid complexes, homeopathic medicines, hormone precursors, and the precursors to specific neurotransmitters.
3) ADHD is now trying to be treated with new drugs called Fluoxetine and Tomoxetine Children have shown some improvement with the intake of this drug.
4) More and more anti-stimulant treatments too are being prescribed for children suffering from ADHD.
5) New drugs like Atomoxetine seem to be a good alternative for treating ADHD.
6) Experts also believe that a balanced diet and good nutritional diet can be an effective way in treating ADHD.

Conclusion:

Thus this proves that ADHD now has several answers. Though ADHD cannot be eradicated completely, it would definitely lessened through the above given methods. The best way of curing ADHD is the natural way with no side-effects.