Understanding Dr. Daniel Amen’s 6 Types of ADD
By Keath Low, About.com Guide
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Daniel G. Amen, MD is a physician, child and adult psychiatrist, brain imaging specialist, Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and medical director of the Amen Clinics in California, Washington, and Virginia. He is a bestselling author of 28 books, including Healing ADD: The Breakthrough Program That Allows You to See and Heal the 6 Types of ADD.
Though the standard for assessing and diagnosing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) used by mental health professionals in the United States is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM), which identifies three subtypes of ADHD (the predominately inattentive type, the hyperactive-impulsive type, and the combined type), Dr. Amen uses a diagnostic and treatment approach based on six distinct types of ADD.
Dr. Amen’s 6 Types of ADD
Type 1. Classic ADD (ADHD) – inattentive, distractible, disorganized, hyperactive, restless, and impulsive.
Type 2. Inattentive ADD – inattentive and easily distracted, but not hyperactive; sluggish, slow moving, low motivation, and often described as space cadets, daydreamers, couch potatoes.
Type 3. Overfocused ADD - inattentive, trouble shifting attention, frequently get stuck in loops of negative thoughts or behaviors, obsessive, excessive worrying, inflexible, frequent oppositional and argumentative behavior. May or may not be hyperactive.
Type 4. Temporal Lobe ADD - inattentive, irritable, quick temper, aggressive, dark thoughts, mood instability, and severe impulsivity. May or may not be hyperactive.
Type 5. Limbic ADD - inattentive, chronic low grade depression, negativity, “glass half empty syndrome,” low energy, and frequent feelings of hopelessness and worthlessness. May or may not be hyperactive.
Type 6. Ring of Fire ADD - inattentive, extreme distractibility, angry, irritable, overly sensitive to noise, light, clothes and touch; often inflexible, cyclic moodiness, hyperverbal, and opposition. May or may not be hyperactive.
According to Dr. Amen, understanding the nuanced complexities of each of these six subtypes allows for more effective and targeted treatment for children and adults with ADHD. You can learn more about Dr. Amen’s approach in his book Healing ADD.
A Personal Connection
If you are a parent of a child with ADHD, it often helps to hear from other parents about their own experiences loving and raising a child with ADHD. Knowing that you are not alone in the challenges, frustrations, and uncertainties that parenting a child with special needs can bring about is often very comforting and reassuring.
Over the last 20 years, Dr. Amen has provided treatment to tens of thousands of patients with ADHD. He also has a very personal connection as a father of four children, two of whom have ADHD. Dr. Amen is passionate about helping people with ADHD because he understands the pain it can cause in their lives. He shares one of his favorite family stories to which many parents can relate:
“Breanne, my oldest daughter, was the perfect child. She was always easy, always sweet, her room was always clean and her homework always done. If I only had Breanne, I would have been a terrible child psychiatrist. I would have thought that she was so wonderful because I was such a good dad. Well, God knew I was like that, so God gave me Kaitlyn.
Hyperactive from before birth. We thought Kaitlyn was going to be a boy, because the lore is that the more active a baby is inside his mother’s womb, the more likely he is to be a boy. Well, she wasn’t. Trying to hold Kaitlyn when she was a year old was like trying to hold a live salmon.
Have you ever seen children on little yellow leashes in the mall? After having Kaitlyn, I believed in little yellow leashes because she was always trying to get away. But my problem was that I wrote a column in the local newspaper where I lived and whenever I went to the mall people would recognized me and say things like, ‘Hey, you are Dr. Amen, I loved your column.’ I just could not deal with, ‘Hey, you’re Dr. Amen, why is your child on a leash?’ So what I used to do with Kaitlyn was put her in her stroller and tie her shoes laces together so she couldn’t get out. Now I am not proud of that, but when you have a hyperactive child, you do things just to survive.
Kaitlyn now has 7 month old Liam, who is as active as his mother!”
With all that is going on since conception (and before) – e.g. the mother’s diet (or should I say lack of), common deficiencies in B12+Vitamin D+ omega 3 + folic acid, etc., smoking + drinking during pregnancy, modern time stress, ceasarian and other harsh interventions during birth, excessive and useless toxic vaccination beginning at childbirth, lack of breastfeeding, junk food, phony “health foods” (cereals, low fat, GMOs), fluouride water, absent working parents – It is great wonder that some kids do not turn up as “ADD”.
Change diet, lifestyle and support systems for the mothers and children and see ADD go out the window…….
I have a 9 year old deaf child who also is aggressive, reapits himself all the time, not motivated and quite aggressive impulsive. How much would cost for us to come and visit you and is it covered by medical insurance?
He is on abilify and he gaind 35 lb.
Thank you very much.
Lucy
Dr. Amen’s work on ADD has been an integral part of my practice. My copy of Healing ADD has been used so much it’s falling apart. What is great about his work and his understanding of ADD is that it makes clients feel NORMAL! Many people (children, adolescents, and adults) feel so different from their peers because of ADD. When they are introduced to the Types of ADD and understand the “whys” of the disorder they become proactive in their treatment and SUCCEED!
Thank you Dr. Amen!!!!
When I sat with Doc Amen in his office on 11-29-10, Daniel opened doors for me that I would not have found myself had it not been for his willingness to 1) Take precious time out of his exceedingly full schedule to meet with me and 2) Shared his extensive background of discerning more accurate diagnosis protocol that allowed me to have a clearer vision of earlier events that nearly led to my suicide in the winter of 1977 as I was moving toward the 1977 NFL football draft.
I owe Daniel a great deal from him sharing his knowledge and insights with me that have led to a much better understanding of why I experienced such a series of inspired starts and mostly resulting failures in my life and how it is linked to the pressures of athletics – particularly football and peering deeper into genetic issues as well.
Thanks to Daniel’s kindness nearly two years ago, I’ve found an ever evolving path that has eased much of these interferences in my life. Every day I continue to learn more about these issues with ADD and relative food sensitivities so my life moving forward will be that life I’d dreamed of from my youth. I’m looking to that day when I can complete a SPECT brain scan to discover even more about managing my life in greater fashion.
KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE for others Daniel as you’ve done with me. Blessings to you…….KJR
Dr. Amen How can I get a DNA test for Joints and arthritis all the things that I am susepticle to getting513-418-3878 57 yr old mom who just lost her 26 year old son to add. my only son left with one daughter. 19 yrs old.
Ive been to your clinic in Reston Virginia twice
2011 and 2012
Dr Lilly has been working with me-things are
Getting so much better-especially lately
Wanted to know if she felt I could benefit
From this new add program and how do I sign
Up for it and what is the cost-I believe I have
Temporal lobe add and feel I could benefit
From it . Jeff
I have been diagnosed with ADD but can not take the medications commonly prescribed for it. When i look at the 6 types you have descried, I fall into several of the categories. On you show it looks like you would take different supplements for which type you are. How can I find out beside a brain scan if I seem to fit in several places.
Florianópolis, September 18, 2012.
Dear Dr. Daniel G.Amém.
Add or ADHD, is a very comoda acronym for the medical research community, since it has no complete studies of the human body starting from genetics and its mapping altogether.
I have a rare aneuplodias, who initially was diagnosed in 1981 as disrritimia irritating the left by then neurologist Dr. Joseph Solomon Swartzmann, which disagreed with the diagnosis in 1987 because he felt that it was a side effect of something more serious.
In 2003, seeing a neuropsychiatrist in Sao Paulo (Brazil) Dr. Enio de Andrade responsible for ong of ADHD in Brazil, his opinion was that I had ADHD, starting from a questionnaire of 23 questions.
Also in 2003 did the test for fragile X which revealed the existence of not irritating the left dysrhythmia let alone ADHD, but the same survey found an adaptation of the mutation in half of 200 repetitions.
Start then a medical revolution in Brazil to prove that inattention came from a genetic issue.
The tests were performed in the fragile X, Spect Scan, karyotype, functional magnetic resonance, hormonal counts, counts of growth hormone and IGF-1, as well as growth hormone.
The multidisciplinary team has the Sr.Zan Mustacchi Geneticist, Neurologist-Dr.Édson Amancio, Dr.Daniel Giannella Neto – endocrinologist, Dr.Arnoldo Velloso-Neuroendocrinofitoterapeuta (only in Brazil), Dr.Andres Jhensen-Arhuss genetic researcher in Denmark which found that a rare aneuplodias creates a comorbidity of inattention and forgetfulness.
An important detail is that the test showed the karyotype of Klinefelter syndrome mosaic, but with more specific tests defined as a enuplodias rare, only 4 cases in the world.
All these studies showed that there was an imbalance in the manufacture of hormones, both testosterone as growth hormone, which is responsible for the stabilization of discharges in the brain eléricas after the growth phase, and with the lack thereof beyond the frame hyper-discharges in the brain (there is a lack of homogenization of electrical descragas between the cerebral lobes) causes dyslexia comorbid sadly mistaken as dysrhythmia irritating the left and there are no cases in the seizure case of genetic origin is confused or conveniently characterized as ADHD or add, so my case was opened in Denmark Arhuss by physicians cited above as a good reminder of the medicine, which does not label without searching the start of everything that is itself ganética initially.
I make some important calls:
1 – The initial neurologist Dr.José Solomon Swatzmann not heard the patient was titled owner of the truth and made me wait 23 years to a very high cost of research (R $ 280.000,00 real, an apartment and car) to find truth, values in U.S. dollars (U.S. $ 140,000.00).
2-10 of the most renowned neurologists in Brazil called me crazy and again at 3 years back and apologized and wanted to join and help in my case, less Dr.José Solomon Swartzmann.
3 – It was a mapping of genetics to the brain, hormones and brain functioning, and ADHD Add or are generally cases of dyslexia with or without comorbidities.
4 – Today live rent and walk the walk, because the family, although his father had gone with me in the interview with Dr.Jhensen-genetic researcher Arhuss in Denmark and have heard that all the professional examinations and their cost expenses advanced the research Klinefelter mosaic and comorbidities, Aneuplodias rare, dyslexia with comorbid fainting, they advance the research world in 100 years forward in understanding, did not understand my efforts and personal point of honor that no other child or adolescent abandon studies by labels off or lazy, for lack of cerotonina brain and distributions appropriate electrical brain lobes, incredible, evil is real.
And, like all Christian Mortensen discovered and proved itself through the whole theory of doctors and examinations? – God brought everything for dreams, dreams that are 40 all were confirmed by doctors that listened one by one, with deep questionmanetos, bad results with unparalleled!
Florianópolis, September 18, 2012.
Dear Dr. Daniel G.Amém.
Add or ADHD, are unrealistic letters for medical research community, since it has no complete studies of the human body starting from genetics and its mapping altogether.
I have a rare aneuplodias, who in 1981 was diagnosed as disrritimia irritating the left, by then neurologist Dr. Joseph Solomon Swartzmann. In 1987 I disagreed with the diagnosis of this doctor because he felt that it was a side effect of something more serious.
In 2003, seeing a neuropsychiatrist in Sao Paulo (Brazil) Dr. Enio de Andrade responsible for ong of ADHD in Brazil, his medical opinion was that I had ADHD, starting from a questionnaire of 23 questions.
In 2003 I auditioned for fragile X which revealed the lack of existence of dysrhythmia irritating the left let alone ADHD, but the same survey found an adaptive mutation of 200 repeats.
Then start a medical revolution in Brazil to prove that inattention came from a genetic issue.
The tests were performed:
Fragile X, Spect Scan, karyotype, functional magnetic resonance, hormonal counts, counts of growth hormone and IGF-1, also growth hormone.
A multidisciplinary team of renowned physicians:
Dr.. Zan Mustacchi geneticist, Dr Edson Amancio-neurologist, Dr.Daniel Giannella Neto – endocrinologist, Dr.Arnoldo Velloso-Neurologist, Endocrinologist, herbalist, made all colleges abroad (single-expert with these grades in Brazil), Dr. Andres Jhensen-Arhuss genetic researcher in Denmark, which found that a rare aneuplodias creates a comorbidity of inattention and forgetfulness.
Importantly, the test showed the karyotype of Klinefelter syndrome mosaic, but with more specific tests showed a research aneuplodias rare, with only 4 cases in the world.
All these studies showed that there was a lack in the manufacture of hormones, testosterone, growth hormone, which is responsible for the stabilization of discharges in the brain eléricas after the growth phase, and with the lack of this hormone creates large discharges in the brain (there is a lack of homogenization of electrical descragas between the lobes of the brain), this circumstance creates dyslexia with or without comorbid fainting, confused as dysrhythmia irritating the left.
Many cases of gene order are misunderstood and characterized as ADHD, so my case has opened new vision medica-the need for further research!
In Arhuss Denmark, cited by physicians, I believe there is a good reminder of the medicine, which does not label without searching the start of everything, ie ganética initially.
I make some observations:
1 – The initial neurologist Dr.José Solomon Swatzmann not heard the patient fezendo me wait 23 years to a very high cost of research (R $ 280.000,00 real, an apartment and car) to uncover the truth, these values in dollars (U.S. $ 140,000.00).
2 – The many renowned neurologists were popular in Brazil and just did the test EEG-EEG, without giving the possibility for new horizons exams, also denied as the first physician (1981-2003) the Dr.José Solomon Swartzmann.
3 – It was a mapping of genetics to the brain, hormones and brain functioning, and ADHD diagnoses are usually cases of dyslexia with or without comorbidities of fainting.
4 – Today I live in rent, have no car, because the family, although my father had gone with me in consultation with the medical-genetic researcher Dr.Jhensen Arhuss in Denmark and have heard that all the professional examinations and their high costs, advanced the research and mosaic Klinefelter comorbidities, Aneuplodias rare, dyslexia with comorbid fainting, adiantaram in 100 years the research forward in understanding medical research and consultation of every day, my family did not understand my efforts and honor my point:
- For no other child or teenager would leave the school for problems of inattention and forgetfulness of school subjects and daily, having nicknames:
- Off or lazy, sloppy or disorganized for lack adequate research in genetics and hormone formation and their appropriate treatments.
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My 18 year old son is very bright but has always had trouble focusing in school. He has very low motivation, quits jobs easily due to boredom, is in general very monotone with his emotions. However, he can be impulsive with his words and actions. He has no focus or goals in his life. I would categorize him as your Type 2. Do you agree? Is there treatment?
I am intrigued by this article on understanding ADD – Since I have it as well as the high energy level of ADHD.
Funny thing is that instead of sitting still to read it I looked for a way to print it to read it later in little bits at a time.
Totally ADHD and loving it!!
(I am 52; I own and operated a commercial and residential window and cleaning company
I use my multi tasking abilities to clean – and bring it all together at one time)
Hello Dr. Amen,
I’ll just cut to the chase. I think that many, most, all- people suffering with neurological/ psychiatric issues probably have vector-borne illness!!! Bartonella; nearly everyone with a pet will surely have, possibly babesia, erlichia, and on and on! Everyone has been bitten by fleas, gnats, bugs-even ticks! OF COURSE they are passing on pathogens!
Dr. James Schaller of Naples, Florida has dedicated the latter part of his medical career to research & study such ailments. And what ailments they are! As a mom of two young boys with “issues”-it has become painfully apparent that we are the victims of such! It has been the challenge of a lifetime-8 years of searching (you meet Moms like me every day! Little Timmy is on “the spectrum”). Well, he is not “on the specctrum, he has vector-borne illness, that is very treatable and CURABLE! (I have hx of 2 known tick bites).
Please consider reading Dr. Schaller’s latest books on Bartonella & Babesiosis.(Available on Amazon.com). Very good information that needs to get “out there”! (Not the best writing, and he is quite the eccentric; but he is salt of the Earth-passionate about these subjects, while dutifully tending to the poor and incarcerated for free!-Charging the rest of us out the wazoo!!! ) Ha,ha, I jest. No matter, I would encourage you to look into these vector-borne illnesses as a posssibilty for some of your clients.
Thank you for your time & consideration,
Lorraine Sharp (Former R.N, ICU)
Thank you, Dr. Amen., for this column today. I have two adopted children, a 17 year old boy who was diagnosed at two and a half with ADHD and Oppositional Defiance Disorder, and his sister, 19 years old who did not get an ADHD diagnosis. When the children were about 8 years and 10 years old, I brought them to the clinic and both of them had SPECT Scans. At that time, the psychiatrist that we were working with, diagnosed them with Ring of Fire Add. At first, we didn’t want to use any meds because both children had been exposed in-utero to cocaine, marijuana, and heroin and cigarette smoke. We never thought of this at the time, but it occured to us later,if mom was using drugs, she was probably drinking alcohol also. It was confirmed later by a paternal aunt that mom drank throughout both pregnancies….Bingo… Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Both kids have since been diagnosed with Bipolar, daughter with Borderline Personality Disorder and son with Conduct Disorder. Oh joy..
Thank You Doctor for the information. Iam from India. I have a son who is 12 years old. He is in the 8th grade now.From childhood we noticed that he has an aversion to reading and English as a language is very difficult for him to follow. He can not grasp quickly whatever was taught to him in school, doesnt listen to his teacher while she teaches in the class. At home I have to start teaching him from scratch . While teaching him I can make out that most of the times he is not listening. so a study of half an hour stretches for 3 hours. Even though he tries to put in some effort his grades are always poor. He suffers from a zero confidence all the time, his friends at school bully him.
We had taken a psycho analysis test and he was found to be suffering from ADD. Please can you advise on how to take this case further. Me and my husband are very worried about his future.
Candy, I am truly sorry to hear about the more recent diagnosis but I truly feel that once you have identified a true problem, you have better chances of improving the situation. So, do you feel that the SPECT assessment of ADD was wrong or a waste of money?
Hi Dr. Amen, I was diagnosed at 6, 11, 16, 29 with ADD. It’s kiling me. Im 51 now. 29 and two after that I went to Psychiatrists and Behavioral Science Clinics. All determined through multiple tests and I prescribed Ritalin now generic Adderall. I still have symptoms. I belong to Life Extension since 1982 and International Anti Aging systems since the the late 90s’. I found that DMAE and Piracetim help but I also have the ANTs, insensitivity to other’s,etc. My IQ has been tested 5 times always at 138 or above. I don’t know what kind of ADD I have and what else I can do. I am also taking Cymbalta, I didn’t like prozac, Paxil etc. Basically any SSRI’s. When mixed with SSNI’s it takes allot of thoracic pain away and helps my mood slighly from bottoming out. I need help
Dr Amen, Have you ever scanned or studied a child with autism? When my children were small we did not know anyone with autism now it seems every other person knows someone or has a relative with it. I am just wondering what we may be doing to our children to cause the extreme increase in numbers. Thanks, Becky
Candy you might consider Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) too. With mom being addicted, she probably did not let the kids bond and they are lucky to have you as their mom now. Nancy Thomas is very good when it comes to RAD.
D Amen, I see myself in all six types of this problem I have had since a wee child, which at the age of 56, of course there was no knowledge of when I was little. My mom gave me her diet pills, preludin, when I was 13, whicthen led me to self medicate for many a year until I was finally diagnosed from a test just 3 years ago after someone gifted your book on the 6 types, and I got into recovery 15 and 1/5 years ago from the whole self medicating routine.
I am on the lowest dose of adderall as other medications hurt my head, and did suffer an injury to the back of my skull when I was 5. Being a Navy brat, my father not believing in doctors, I was never treated for the injury which left a scar, and because of the emotional, mental and other physical issues, I am left with State only insurances, with still difficulty understanding even your writings, and such little chance of sitting up long enough at the computer from back ailments to get a good education on what to do or where to go for help?
I wish I could get in on a case study for all the things I do or my friends and family, (Who all say they are tired of me, and have all turned their backs on me) and cannot understand or communicate verbally effectively, but am told I write well but only at times, like today I feel okay.
I hope and pray to find some answers to my dilemma.
Thank you for the article it was enlightening to hear we are not alone. Our son has been unofficially diagnosed as ADHD with ODD at the age of 4. The only thing that we were told was to medicate him because he needed it and it was effecting his socialization. We chose not to medicate and instead have been trying alternative methods i.e.ADHD diet, supplements, chiropractic, craniosacral therapy and the like. We have seen minor improvements, however his impulsivity and hitting are getting him into big trouble at school especially now that he is in kindergarten. He has been disciplined and talked to repeatedlly with little to no change in his behavior and continues to hit despite everything we have tried. He honestly cannot remember most of the time ever hitting anyone or the circumstances which led up to the hitting. By the time he gets home from school he barely remembers details of the day good or bad. We are at a loss and very frustrated parents despite every effort we have made.
His sleep is deep when he does finally get to sleep, however he snores ALOT and has ever since he was a baby when we brought him home from the hospital. He ALWAYS wakes up looking tired eventhough he has had 11-12 hours of sleep. Could this actually be sleep apnea that is causing all of the problems he is currently experiencing rather than just ADHD/ODD? What else is there to try to help this kid? Thank you in advance for any help you can offer.
Since both the Temporal Lobe ADD and the Ring of Fire ADD have such similar symptoms, what part of the brain is affected by the Ring of Fire ADD??
I am a teacher who specializes in tutoring children with dyslexia. Why? I have five sons who have dyslexia. After much research and a lot of experience, it has been my observation that my sons and many of my students deal with a host of other neurological/mental health issues, with ADHD being the lknking factor. Depression, OCD, ODD, ADHD, anxiety, and panic attacks are some of the issues I deal with. I wish I had known that 80% of people with bipolar disorder had been diagnosed with ADHD when they were younger. My 17 year old is at Teen Challenge, against his will, being treated for a marijuana addiction. When he has been sober a few months, I will be taking him for a mental health evaluation. He has symptoms of bipolar. This past year has been a nightmare. He has been in and out of juvenile hall, has two felonies, and doesn’t seem to know or care that he’s ruining his life. He has refused any kind of treatment. It’s heartbreaking. What kind of future will he have? Or will he even have a future?
MY son is 8. He is just the sweetest most loving little boy. All of the staff at his school say the same thing. My frustration comes from getting him diagnosed. The school insists that I have to take him to an outside source to have him “diagnosed” but when I got him there the Dr told me that he wouldn’t be making a diagnosis…that through the papers I filled out and the school filled out that we together (me and the school) had already “diagnosed” him. Then he gives me the script but he never even weighed my son before prescribing focalin xr 5mg. The school has said that they want to wait until he is medicated to test him for learning disabilities (dyslexia is my main concern) and I feel like I have no other choice in the matter. I am truly confused.
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I would really like to know whats wrong with me? I know something is up, help!
I know I have one of the types listed above, HELP!
Candy, I can so relate. I took in and adopted my nephew (my brother’s son). But I knew up front that his mother drank, as well as did heroin, marijuana and whatever else she could do – all while pregnant. She did those illegal things, along with the legal anti-seizure medications she was on (which she blames for his cleft soft palate – yea, right). We’ve had him evaluated twice by Fetal Alcohol Syndrome doctors – we got the official diagnosis when he was 11 and had him reevaluated this spring, just before he turned 17. He is mainstreamed in school and does well, so academically he’s fine. His IQ is normal. But his adaptive functioning is between 9 and 12 years old.
He has the diagnosis of ADHD (combined type, Hyperactive and Impulsive – he was 5 when diagnosed) and Oppositional Defiant Disorder. We are looking into Bipolar, as his mother is diagnosed with that.
I am no longer able to help him. He looks and mostly acts ‘normal’ for his age – just a bit immature. But he is a thrill seeker and continually steals our cars, even though he has no driver’s license or even a permit. I have tried giving him supplements – magnesium, L-tyrosine, 5-HTP, etc… But I really don’t see a difference. He is on Vyvanse, which helps a little with the attention, but doesn’t keep him from being immature and making dangerous decisions.
So, Dr. Amen, I have wondered many times…. would your clinic be able to help my son?
I am Type 1 except I am very organized and not very impulsive. I’m also 65 and have given up thinking I can be different.
I’m sure it is my sugar intake but not always. I use to pray for my mind to just slow down. I have learned to relax which was never possible before.
You can certainly see your enthusiasm within the paintings you write. The arena hopes for even more passionate writers such as you who aren’t afraid to say how they believe. Always follow your heart.
Dear Cindy
I am a therapist in AZ. I have worked with Dr. Amen for the last 15 years.
I have accompanied many clients and listened in on the results of client’s Spect Scan.
In my experience Most adopted children have Explosive Temporal Lobe Add.
while attending a seminar on bi polar I had an “aha” moment.
the presenter put the pieces together!!!!!!
Stressed mother’s like your children had produce the stress hormone “cortisol”. Cortisol crosses the
plascenta and the baby swims in it for most of the pregnancy. The babies tend to
be “difficult to soothe” they think with their mouth, are explosive and impulsive. the drugs and alcohol
did not help either.
One of my clients demonstrated this theory for me. She had a VERY stressful 1st pregnancy and her daughter was hyper sensitive to all stimuli & bounceing off the walls.
With her second pregnancy the mother took a medication (a mood stabilizer) and when she brought’
her second child to her session she said ” I think there is something wrong with her?
“I said no she is a normal baby”
Your son and daughter are not choosing the way they act if there are brain issues
Read up on Amen’s 6 kinds of ADD. The right medication and Dr. Amen”s parenting stratagies will make amazing changes and it is never too late.
. Your kids have extremely hot brains and there is help for them.
Good Luck
Millie
i have an adopted son who I would do anything for. I adopted his sister who is 9 years older thsn my son. she was 9 & he was an infant. she is now 21 living there mothers life. achohol and drugs its amazing she started out in our home behind in school and ended up graduating with honors. she was the first in 3 generations. started college and biological family starting giving he achohol down hill ever since dui, living streets unable to contact her. son on the other hand does not know biologic family. he does know he is adopted because of a poem but he will not let us talk about it. he was diag. adhd stuggle with medications. finally I had found out anout you. I cashed in my retirement and took christian to your clinic it was amazing they helped me alot but now they added odd to his diagnosis he is a.drug and.achohl baby. we have started middle scholl and with his size of being so small he is being bullied. we address each tome but i think he has become paranoid about it. wish i could go back but finacially i cant are you going to open a florida office anytime soon??? i need your help!!!!!!!.
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It is encouraging to know that someone else is the same way. I am still not sure which one my child is because he has some similarities to all of them. He is not hyperactive now, but as an infant, we couldn’t keep him in his crib. However, now, I can’t make him run or have any extra effort that would take energy. We put him in sports and had to remove him because he REFUSED to do the exercises. I would say he is closest to #2 (no motivation, inattentive).
My son is 10 and has extreme difficulty with his schoolwork. A lot of it is his lack of desire to do it. He will lie or find a reason to not have to do it. It is the same at home. There are other areas of concern but not life threatening. He never learns from discipline or reward. On a daily basis, I have to remind him of something 10-100 times before he does it. I have to remind him about normal daily activities such as picking up his bath towel, brushing his teeth, and taking a bath constantly before he does it (if he does). I understand these issues are also related to his age, but this is more.
Last year, I finally had him tested for A.D.D and he was diagnosed with having it. We have tried several Rx, and it became a year with his emotions being on a bumpy roller coaster ride. He did not respond well to the medicines. His physician informed me of side effects at the beginning and we waited 3 months for one to finally settle. After it did, the Rx did not really do much good. She kept increasing his dosage and nothing worked. The second and third Rx were horrible. He became severely depressed and had crying spurts in public for random reasons. After we removed him from the Rx, he stopped crying.
He is currently failing all of his classes. We had a teacher/parent conference this morning and it was not the first of its kind. I hired a tutor and tried reward/discipline techniques last year. This year is more challenging, and we (myself and teachers) are at a loss. They look at me for results and I look at them for answers (and vice versa). I’m thinking to myself, if there are 5 teachers looking at me saying how frustrated with my son’s inability to focus on work, what am I supposed to do about it sitting at my job? I am not pushing the responsibility to the side but I can’t go to school with him and make him do anything. As a mother, it is extremely frustrating to get the sense that teachers automatically assume that home is a problem and the meeting is to address it. When I leave, I think that their attitudes change but they expect results immediately. It just doesn’t work that way.
Since he is not on Rx, his physician is planning to see him again. I have heard that the drug Daytrana works well but she insist that it is not well-liked in the medical field. However, I have heard differently by parents who use it and have had similar stories to ours. Should I push this or continue to receive her advice on other alternative Rx?
This will be another year of trying different Rx but I’m concerned about this being unhealthy. I am concerned that it will impair his ability to develop normally if we keep throwing different drugs at him. I should be encouraged that the next one will work; however, the previous year has given me doubts. I’ve heard of other parents stories and receive tons of advice such as gluten free diet, homeopathic drugs, vitamins, and even a red-dye free diet. With so much information, I’m willing to try what it takes (except the Gluten-Free diet) but need real advice from someone who understands this disease.
Please tell me what I can do to help him. What are the “Wrong” things to do?
Thank you, Lisa
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Hi there,
I am Raj from Malaysia, 31 yrs of age. Seeking some help to improve on my ADD. As mentioned by many, I have a poor level of concentration towards reading for that matter. Personally been experiencing such for the past 8 years to which I have always thought it was due to my consumption or lack of sleep but it still persist which made me wonder what could be the cause. I can never concentrate for more than 5 minutes on any reading I am performing.
I am moving to a new job which is very much a desk bound job that requires my attention and concentration towards reading and coming up with proposals. I am quite an extrovert person but will need to manage it as I see great prospect with this new position.
Please do advice on the next best solution for this problem.
Good Day and thank you.
Dr. Amen:
I have never been diagnosed with ADD but I know have many of the symptoms and find that two of your types most accurately fit them. What do I do to get properly diagnosed?
Then once you have identified what you are, what next? Read your book …
Thanks, TC
I hear your story, our adopted daughter is affected ARND and 5 street drugs at toxic levels , primary diagnosis, secondary is ADHD, BI Polar, Oppositional, oh the list goes on, we choose to focus on what she can do and not the alphabet soup, Birth mom is Fetal Alcohol so the passing of morphed DNA is passed on to the child
We live in Ontario, Canada, I dont have access to the Amen Clinic, yet I have the books, watch the PBS shows to learn more, We have used a local psych who did biofeedback to assist balancing the brain, it may not be what Dr Amen does but it is all we have .
along with Brain gym since she was a young child, paying attention to the foods she eats, nutrition. This young girl is now 13 yr, doing the things in life she was never supposed to do. oh if only we could get to Dr Amens clinic just imagine how much further we could go. !!
We have homeschooled all these years, this year she is going to be integrated into elementary school with a modified program with all the supports in place for success. Oh I am so excited for the next journey, oh the places she will go.
Dianne Labelle
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