When does ADD / ADHD start? Is it possible to spot infants that will develop ADHD and what are the signs to look for?
It seems to be that there is a preliminary study showing that infants that have sleep related problems may be at a higher risk for developing ADD/HD by the time they are five or so.
Its hard to tell about these studies because we just never really know. A part of me feels like the incidence of ADD/HD is increasing because of a couple of factors:
1. We are diagnosing it more and it is becoming more acceptable for your child to be diagnosed and medicated.
2. Our children’s brains have to be wired differently these days and I wonder if 100 years from now the evolution of the human brain is going to be a lot different. The reason for this wiring is because of all the processing the children are expected to do. They are more visually and audibly stimulated because of our control. Immediate gratification is common.
In another study I was reading tonight it said that some ADD/HD children were originally diagnosed as colicky infantHs.
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