I think it’s really fucked up to present ADD as being related to some innate physiological wiring, as though both holistic treatments and exacerbating circumstances both don’t exist.
There is extensive evidence that ADHD is genetic and neurodevelopmental. Of course there will always be environmental factors contributing to how it develops in any given individual.
I think both you and ickplant’s reaponse to your comment are correct - it has got a genetic element but even a kid “born with an ADD brain” should be able to “recover” from that pr avoid problems with it in the right environment and with the right events. A lot of us probably only had enough problems with ADD when we were teens or adults, right? Hearing Dr K (healthygamersGG) talk about it in this light is one of the things that helped me understand it properly - he says people can pass the criteria for ADD one year and then “recover from it” later as their brain is growing.
That said I did see a cool video from a psych who seemed to be presenting the opposite idea, yesterday:
So I came away with the same reaction as you, but his examples gave me food for thought. Especially relevant is the fact he said his kids were completely restless
I think it’s really fucked up to present ADD as being related to some innate physiological wiring, as though both holistic treatments and exacerbating circumstances both don’t exist.
There is extensive evidence that ADHD is genetic and neurodevelopmental. Of course there will always be environmental factors contributing to how it develops in any given individual.
I think both you and ickplant’s reaponse to your comment are correct - it has got a genetic element but even a kid “born with an ADD brain” should be able to “recover” from that pr avoid problems with it in the right environment and with the right events. A lot of us probably only had enough problems with ADD when we were teens or adults, right? Hearing Dr K (healthygamersGG) talk about it in this light is one of the things that helped me understand it properly - he says people can pass the criteria for ADD one year and then “recover from it” later as their brain is growing.
That said I did see a cool video from a psych who seemed to be presenting the opposite idea, yesterday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWnJ4wjVu9k
So I came away with the same reaction as you, but his examples gave me food for thought. Especially relevant is the fact he said his kids were completely restless