Recognizing of ADD Symptoms

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ADD or attention deficit disorder, is commonly referred to as ADHD or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. ADD and ADHD are not the same condition, though. ADD symptoms do not include the hyperactivity or impulsivity symptoms that are part of ADHD.

Understanding the difference and understanding the different types of ADD symptoms can help ensure that you or your child gets the right treatment.

Different Symptoms

ADHD symptoms include three different categories. These are:

• Inattention
• Hyperactivity
• Impulsivity

ADD, on the other hand, only causes the inattention symptoms.

Treating a patient for ADHD when they have ADD is overmedicating and could lead to further issues. In many cases the stories about Ritalin and other ADHD treatment medications that cause a child to be zombie-like are probably linked directly to medicating children with only ADD with the wrong medication or wrong doses, thinking that they have ADHD.

Inattention Symptoms

With ADD the only type of symptoms that will be exhibited are inattention symptoms. These include:

• No attention to details
• Careless mistakes
• Easily distracted
• Poor listening skills
• Trouble following directions
• Leaving tasks unfinished
• Unorganized
• Dislike for mentally challenging tasks
• Forgetful

In general, a person with ADD will seem very disorganized and off track. They may often be referred to as scatter brained or as an air head. It is easy to often relate ADD symptoms to age related behavior instead of recognizing that it is not normal.

Diagnosing ADD can help a child get a grasp on things and start to be able to focus. A child that is treated for ADD will begin to do better in school and have better behavior overall.

In many situations parents believe that their child could not be ADD because they can sit for hours doing something they enoj9y without being distracted.

Distraction only seems to be happening when they are doing something they do not like, so parents are likely to react with punishment instead thinking that the child simply just does not want to do the task at hand. The truth is that a child with ADD can concentrate when they like what they are doing because it does not require them to put effort into paying attention and being focused like an activity they do not like does.

ADD symptoms, unlike simply normal age related behavior, will not get better over time. ADD will worsen as the child gets older or at least continue to cause problems with school and other activities. By this time, though, it has progressed into something that is probably causing all around issues in the child’s life. It is much better to catch ADD in younger children so they can get used to taking medication and learn how to overcome ADD symptoms.

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