ADHD seems to be a well known behavioral condition but pertinent facts on attention deficit disorder remains obscure to a majority of adult patients and parents of ADHD children. As such, insufficient information about the disorder has led to delayed detection. Sonsequently, this led to incorrect treatment and more serious conditions.
First, attention deficit disorder or sometimes known as ADD is sometimes understood as deficit hyperactive disorder or ADHD. However, technically, ADD is a category of ADHD known as inattentive type of ADHD. These two specific disorders have variant symptoms in most cases.
One of the most important facts on attention deficit disorder is the absence of hyperactivity in the patient. This makes ADD less conspicuous than the hyperactive/impulsive type or the classic ADHD.
Children with ADD exhibits symptoms such as difficulty in paying attention, lack of concentration, inability to follow instructions, inability to finish a task or project, and forgetfulness among others. Children who have ADD are usually doing badly in school because they find it difficult to follow and understand the teachers lessons because they are easily distracted by the minutest of things and are always lost in daydreams.
Despite of their apparent low performance in school, parents may disregard the symptom because of the dismissing thoughts that the child may just be naturally slow or unintelligent. This factor is crucial because parents may just easily dismiss the symptoms of ADD due to the lacking tell tale signs of hyperactivity. If this happens, these children will be left undiagnosed and untreated. This shows how important it is for parents to apprise themselves of the facts on attention deficit disorder.
The consequences of an undiagnosed and untreated ADD can be severe. The child may grow up thinking that he is stupid and unfit. Further, an untreated ADD incapacitates the child from developing his higher mental faculties such as reasoning and memory. Also, it impairs the child's organizational and executive skills. Consequently, the child's learning will get hampered and his already jeopardized future is even more placed at a greater risk if early intervention is not done.
Studies show that 60% of ADHD cases in children are likely to carry on to adulthood. This is even more real in cases of undiagnosed ADHD on children. An adult with undiagnosed ADHD is likely to have trouble managing his personal life, career, relationships and family. This is likely to cause other psychological conditions such as depression and anxiety among others.
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