| If you have ADHD, you must be stupid! This is an | | | | year study. Why did that take so long? The |
| outrageous view and must be denied | | | | reason is that she had to find children who had |
| straightaway. Yet, there are many experts out | | | | not been on ADHD psychostimulants which might |
| there who are always concentrating in the | | | | have skewed the results somewhat. |
| negative sides of this condition. New studies for | | | | This new ADHD research shows that children with |
| ADHD still tend to ignore all those are successfully | | | | ADHD seem to have a deficit of the dopamine |
| coping with ADHD. There is far too much | | | | transmitter and that means that they are less |
| emphasis on the negative traits where | | | | motivated and seek rewards all the time. They |
| organisation and the completion of tasks does not | | | | also have problems in anticipating pleasure and |
| necessarily match the standards set by society. | | | | rewards. This may also explain why ADHD |
| There are many more talents and skills which | | | | patients are more prone to drug addiction and |
| ADHD children have and which can be exploited. | | | | gambling. We can also see why homework can be |
| The age old problem of putting labels on people | | | | so boring and unrewarding yet the ADHD child will |
| and tucking them into little boxes! | | | | spend hours on a skateboard because he can get |
| New studies for ADHD have of course highlighted | | | | instant gratification from that. |
| some useful points so it is not all negative! Look | | | | There is still much to be learned from new studies |
| at the studies done on the racial gap which shows | | | | for ADHD. In the meantime, all the experts, |
| that many Afro-American children are going | | | | including Dr. Volkow, are agreed that behavior |
| undiagnosed. The reasons for this are complex | | | | modification should always be the first option and |
| but there does seem to be a stigma attached to | | | | that can be effective providing praise and |
| psychiatry and therefore it is better avoided. | | | | rewards are cleverly employed.. |
| There is also the problem of limited access to | | | | Medication can be used in conjunction with this but |
| health care and the fact that there is a lack of | | | | again there are problems associated with the side |
| awareness of what this condition is and its | | | | effects and long term risks of psychostimulants. |
| symptoms. | | | | That is why parents are now using ADHD |
| ADHD new research has just been published in | | | | homeopathic remedies and they have never |
| the Journal of the American Medical Association, | | | | looked back. Isn't it time you joined them and see |
| led by Dr. Nora Volkow who is Director of the | | | | how new studies for ADHD can be used to give |
| National Institute on Drug Abuse, after an eight | | | | your child a better chance in life? |