5th October 2003
Hi!
Well I have also wondered about this idea...
My son's birth was normal in and of itself, however I did have Demerol. ...After birth they discovered he had low platlets (clot blood, heal wounds, etc) and was to be treated like glass. The delivery caused a web of little bruises around his torso, not sure what trauma his head may have undergone. He ended up requiring a platlet transfusion, nursing failed due to his IV fluids, and was put on formula.
He also had a seizure (turned blue and limp) due to a fever that fluctuated up and down from Tylenol when he was around 6 months.
...and a number of ear infections when he was a small child, leading to CAPD.
...if you are suggesting there may be a link to ADD from early trauma, I agree.
My friends' son contracted cat scratch fever, and developed severe ADHD from the encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) upon recovery. He is now on Ritalin, which helps him a lot.
Any disorder/disease, is just an extreme version of what is normal. I think there are people that fit in the normal category of ADD, or rather the 'ADD personality-type', and I think there are times when it's more extreme than that. I think people who feel it's just a personality-type, may be in part convinced by ADD like 'personalities'.
I think the 'over-diagnoses' of ADD are a result of the marked increase in medical intervention 'successes'. I know that my son, nor my friends son, would have died otherwise. I also think that another reason for over-diagnoses may be due to 'ADD personalities', getting diagnosed, when they may still be in the acceptable range. I think everyone has these symptoms from time to time, and that's what leads to all the controversy of wether it's real or not.
So yes, I think it can be aquired from early trauma, maybe as well from conception trauma, who knows? ...and from the standard genetic theory as well.
Anna.
Well I have also wondered about this idea...
My son's birth was normal in and of itself, however I did have Demerol. ...After birth they discovered he had low platlets (clot blood, heal wounds, etc) and was to be treated like glass. The delivery caused a web of little bruises around his torso, not sure what trauma his head may have undergone. He ended up requiring a platlet transfusion, nursing failed due to his IV fluids, and was put on formula.
He also had a seizure (turned blue and limp) due to a fever that fluctuated up and down from Tylenol when he was around 6 months.
...and a number of ear infections when he was a small child, leading to CAPD.
...if you are suggesting there may be a link to ADD from early trauma, I agree.
My friends' son contracted cat scratch fever, and developed severe ADHD from the encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) upon recovery. He is now on Ritalin, which helps him a lot.
Any disorder/disease, is just an extreme version of what is normal. I think there are people that fit in the normal category of ADD, or rather the 'ADD personality-type', and I think there are times when it's more extreme than that. I think people who feel it's just a personality-type, may be in part convinced by ADD like 'personalities'.
I think the 'over-diagnoses' of ADD are a result of the marked increase in medical intervention 'successes'. I know that my son, nor my friends son, would have died otherwise. I also think that another reason for over-diagnoses may be due to 'ADD personalities', getting diagnosed, when they may still be in the acceptable range. I think everyone has these symptoms from time to time, and that's what leads to all the controversy of wether it's real or not.
So yes, I think it can be aquired from early trauma, maybe as well from conception trauma, who knows? ...and from the standard genetic theory as well.
Anna.