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Reading Jack Gantos' book about the fictional Joey Pigza introduced our class to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). I created this padlet to share resources that will help us better understand what it's like to live with ADHD.

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Joey Pigza's got heart, he's got a mom who loves him, and he's got "dud meds," which is what he calls the Ritalin pills that are supposed to even out his wild mood swings. Sometimes Joey makes bad choices.

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These are just the ones we know about... in the past, people kept their ADHD a secret.  Fifty years ago, people didn't even know ADHD existed.

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Actress Wendy Davis on ADHD and Creativity - YouTube

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Actress Wendy Davis on ADHD and Creativity - YouTube

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Actress Wendy Davis on ADHD and Creativity

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Hear actress Wendy Davis of Lifetime's Army Wives discuss the benefits of ADHD, including ADHD and creativity, and how her vivid imagination transformed her into a talented actress.

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What Is ADHD? Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Explained

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Pierson Feeney: ADHD and Dance - YouTube

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Pierson Feeney: ADHD and Dance - YouTube

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When he was younger, 12-year-old Pierson Feeney "couldn't stop moving his feet," his mother says. That inspired her to enroll him in a local dance class in Biloxi, Mississippi. Watch the inspiring story of Pierson, who has ADHD, discovering his love of dance, traveling to a national dance competition in Las Vegas, and talking about how finding his talent for dance has improved his life.

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18 People Explain What ADHD Feels Like | The Mighty

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18 People Explain What ADHD Feels Like | The Mighty

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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is much more than an inability to pay attention. For people with ADHD, the challenges associated with it can affect every aspect of their lives.

The Mighty teamed up with Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD), a nonprofit aimed at improving the lives of people affected by ADHD to ask people who have ADHD how they would describe their condition to someone unfamiliar with it.
This is what they had to say:
1. "It's like opening 100 tabs in your browser at once and trying to do something different in each one at the same time. Then someone walks up and wants to have a conversation." -

2. "It's like trying to listen to your favorite show with really bad noise disrupting the signal. All the while, loud children are screaming around you and throwing things." -C hristine Ashley

3. "It's like being a cat with 100 people with lazer pointers." - Jamie Hynds

5. "Picture a room with 1,000 TVs with each TV showing something different. Now try and concentrate on just one TV with out getting distracted." - Damian DaViking Aird

7. "You know when you go into a room and completely forget why you went there in the first place? Its like that, but all day with everything you do. Or imagine throwing a bunch of different colored bouncy balls on a trampoline and trying to focus on one." - Brie Braun

8. "It's like my mind is racing in the Daytona 500 and my body is a bumper car stuck in reverse." - Flossie Mae Kay

10. "It's like a vortex of running thoughts, ideas, feelings and 'aha' moments. It's difficult for some to understand but the moments of 'Wow, that's a great idea,' make up for the years in my adolescence that kids and teachers got mad at me for my outbursts. I like the speed of my mind maps; it keeps things interesting." - Caitlin Malley

12. "It's like an old train - slow to start, but a veritable force once going. It may pay heed so as to stop for passenger transfers (the details) along the route, but despite its inattention to the cities it passes, it's focused on its goal." - Jennifer Young

16. "It's like there is a hamster wheel in my head. And the hamster runs fast." - Maria Mikhail Volpe

17. "It's your eyes wanting to go 30 different ways to take in all the visual info while also thinking of what you're doing, how you're doing it, any shift in the environment, song lyrics that randomly pop up, the physical reactions of others, with every possibility racing through your mind every millisecond. Then it's not being able to ever sit still, shaking yourself to sleep at night with energy, tapping anything (foot, hand, pen, etc.) and being constantly jittery and jumpy." - Zoe Klumph

If you have ADHD, how do you describe what it feels like to others? Let us know in the comments below.

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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is much more than an inability to pay attention. For people with ADHD, the challenges associated with it can affect every aspect of their lives. The Mighty teamed up with Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD), a nonprofit aimed at improving the lives of people affected by ADHD to ask people who have ADHD how they would describe their condition to someone unfamiliar with it.

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What Does It Feel Like to Have ADHD? Read On

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What Does It Feel Like to Have ADHD? Read On

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Everyone is not "a little bit ADHD." And, no, this isn't a medical fad. To understand what it really feels like to live with symptoms of attention defict, read this honest talk from ADDitude readers.

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We asked ADDitude readers, " What does it feel like to have ADHD?"

Like I need an "off" button for my brain. When I try to explain to others that some of my behavior is due to ADHD, they say I am making an excuse. - Bee, Florida

Everyone thinks I do dumb things on purpose. My friends tell me that everyone has attention deficit. Sometimes I just feel stupid. - Angie, Mexico

Imagine that you crawled on your knees your whole life, but everybody around you walked on two legs. You recognize that you are different, and you know you should be walking like everyone else, but you just can't keep your balance on two legs the way you can when you crawl. - Ashley, Ohio

Crazy, frustrating, and sometimes the funniest thing ever - once you learn to laugh at yourself! And we all need to. - Amy, Ohio
[Self-Test: Could You Have Symptoms of Adult ADHD?]
It is like watching a PowerPoint presentation that never stops. I tell someone something and, in the middle of a sentence, I go blank. It is embarrassing to have to ask the other person what you were talking about. People look at me and often think, "The lights are on, but clearly no one is home." - Angela, Indiana

Having ADHD does not "feel like" anything. Unlike a physical problem - a broken bone, say - ADHD is invisible. People offer sympathy when you are in pain. Trying to explain ADHD without seeming to make excuses is tough. Perhaps if someone were to create a "sling" or "splint" for ADHD, the public might have more sympathy for having the condition. - Ann, Tennessee

Every day is a struggle, but you make the best of it. Meds help, but they aren't a miracle cure. You take things people say literally. - Argelia, Georgia

It is as if you are driving through thick fog, on a dark road, trying to get to where you know you are supposed to be. The problem is, you lost the directions and have no GPS to guide you - and, in the background, the radio is playing loud songs that are changing. - April, Texas
[Free Download: You Know You Have ADHD When... (The Funny Side of ADHD)]
It feels like there is always noise in my head - a constant buzzing that I can't make sense of. It's also paralyzing and frustrating. - An ADDitude Reader

Like I am drowning in a maelstrom of "stuff" that needs to get done, but that I never finish. It's a never-ending feeling of futility. - Linda, Florida

Having ADHD is like having a nonstop conversation with yourself. -Christina, Texas

It's like being off balance, off kilter, similar to when the computer buffers a video, and it takes forever to load and play without doing all that starting and stopping. - Debbie, Arizona

It's not easy having an 18-year-old brain in a 61-year-old body! - Diane, Florida
["To Me, ADHD Feels Like..."]

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Everyone is not "a little bit ADHD." And, no, this isn't a medical fad. To understand what it really feels like to live with symptoms of attention defict, read this honest talk from ADDitude readers. We asked ADDitude readers, " What does it feel like to have ADHD?"

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Combating ADHD Myths and Lies | Information on Attention Deficit Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, Parenting, and More - ADDitude

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Combating ADHD Myths and Lies | Information on Attention Deficit Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, Parenting, and More - ADDitude

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As a parent of a child with ADHD, I'm sick of people reinforcing ADHD myths.

I've read too many articles and blog posts claiming that teaching children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) about consequences will "cure" them. Anyone who spreads this rubbish either doesn't have ADHD, doesn't know someone diagnosed with it, or isn't a medical professional of any kind. People who believe such nonsense are conspiracy theorists, pushing the myth that ADHD is merely an excuse for errant behavior. It makes me angry. If they knew anything about ADHD or its common comorbid conditions, they would know this stuff is trash.

As a parent of a child with ADHD, I hear it all: Behavior problems are due to bad parenting; if you punish a child, she will comply; any child can sit still and focus if he tries hard enough; ADHD medications drug a child into submission; blah...blah...blah.

My husband and I knew there was something troubling our son, Luke. It wasn't that he ignored our requests; Luke couldn't follow directions, even after every toy had been taken away from him for not doing so. He isn't a troublemaker; he is the sweetest, most kindhearted boy in the world.

He has ADHD, as it turns out, and he can't control it on his own (at least not at six years old - I certainly hope he will learn to manage his symptoms when he is older). He can't calm himself down, sit still, pay attention, no matter how hard he tries. That is the definition of ADHD, isn't it?

Get It Straight

The public has to learn that ADHD is real. I also want to be clear that I view ADHD as a difference, not a disability. My son is smart (he tested in the gifted percentile), kind, creative, determined, resilient, and full of life. Those are positive attributes. But add ADHD to the list and the world thinks there's something wrong. What gives, people?
[Free Guide: Witty Responses to ADHD Doubters]
My husband and I are always on the defensive. We have to defend the use of ADHD medications to other parents, who think that we are irresponsible. Meds are powerful, and deciding to put your child on them is serious business. However, they have a positive effect on a difficult life. While ADHD medication is not for everyone, it has been a game changer for us.

Critics believe that ADHD medications "dope" a child into compliance, that they take away his spunk and spark. I know better. ADHD medications do not create zombies. If a child who is taking ADHD meds is zombie-like, his dose is too high.

Meds, Plus

Does ADHD treatment require more than medication? Absolutely. Creating a hands-on learning environment for a stimulation-seeker and a system of praise and rewards also help. A loving, understanding family who knows that some undesirable behaviors cannot be controlled is a must.

My rant in a nutshell? Don't speak about things you know nothing about. No one would tolerate making fun of someone in a wheelchair. As much as I believe ADHD is a difference, I know it is, technically, a disability, an invisible one. Yet society makes fun of it, saying, "He's so ADD," when someone forgets his cell phone at home. It is not OK in my book - nor yours, I'm sure - to use ADHD to denigrate someone.
[WHAT Did You Say About My Child?!]
Spread the word: ADHD is real, we are great parents, and ADHD medications are OK. Don't let society shame you into silence. ADHD is nothing to be ashamed of.

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As a parent of a child with ADHD, I'm sick of people reinforcing ADHD myths. I've read too many articles and blog posts claiming that teaching children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) about consequences will "cure" them. Anyone who spreads this rubbish either doesn't have ADHD, doesn't know someone diagnosed with it, or isn't a medical professional of any kind.

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7 Myths about ADHD...Debunked! The Truth About Attention Deficit Disorder

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7 Myths about ADHD...Debunked! The Truth About Attention Deficit Disorder

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We've heard 'em all: "ADHD isn't real." "That kid just needs a good spanking. "People with ADHD are just lazy." These myths about ADHD have been around as long as the condition itself, and the negative effect they have is very real - and very damaging. Learn the truth and arm yourself with facts to refute the next misinformed comment your hear about "bad parenting."

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Few psychological conditions have generated more discussion in recent years than attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Yet, people continue to harbor many inaccurate beliefs - and some downright myths - about ADHD. Read on to learn the truth.

Myth #1: ADHD isn't a real medical disorder.

ADHD has been recognized as a legitimate diagnosis by major medical, psychological, and educational organizations, including the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Education. The American Psychiatric Association recognizes ADHD as a medical disorder in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - the official mental health "bible" used by psychologists and psychiatrists.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (formerly known as just attention deficit disorder) is biologically based. Research shows that it's a result of an imbalance of chemical messengers, or neurotransmitters, within the brain. Its primary symptoms are inattention, impulsiveness, and, sometimes, hyperactivity.
[Free Download: Your Free Guide to Debunking Annoying ADHD Myths]
People with ADHD typically have a great deal of difficulty with aspects of daily life, including time management and organizational skills.

Myth #2: Children who are given special accommodations because of their ADHD are getting an unfair advantage.

The federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that public schools address the special needs of all children with disabilities, including children with ADHD. Special accommodations, such as extra time on tests, simply level the playing field so that kids with ADHD can learn as successfully as their classmates.

Myth #3: Children with ADHD eventually outgrow their condition.

More than 70 percent of the individuals who have ADHD in childhood continue to have it in adolescence. Up to 50 percent will continue to have it in adulthood.

Although it's been estimated that 6 percent of the adult population has ADHD, the majority of those adults remain undiagnosed, and only one in four of them seek treatment. Yet, without help, adults with ADHD are highly vulnerable to mood disorders, anxiety, and substance abuse. They often experience career difficulties, legal and financial problems, and troubled personal relationships.

Myth #4: ADHD affects only boys.

Girls are just as likely to have ADHD as are boys, and gender makes no difference in the symptoms caused by the disorder. But because this myth persists, boys are more likely to be diagnosed than girls.
[10 Untruths and Misperceptions You Shouldn't Repeat]
Myth #5: ADHD is the result of bad parenting.

When a child with ADHD blurts things out or gets out of his seat in class, it's not because he hasn't been taught that these behaviors are wrong. It's because he cannot control his impulses. The problem is rooted in brain chemistry, not discipline. In fact, overly strict parenting - which may involve punishing a child for things he can't control - can actually make ADHD symptoms worse. Professional interventions, such as drug therapy, psychotherapy, and behavior modification therapy, are usually required.

Myth #6: Children who take ADHD medication are more likely to abuse drugs when they become teenagers.

Actually, it's just the opposite. Having untreated ADHD increases the risk that an individual will abuse drugs or alcohol. Appropriate treatment reduces this risk.

The medications used to treat ADHD have been proven safe and effective over more than 50 years of use. These drugs don't cure ADHD, but they are highly effective at easing symptoms of the disorder. The drugs do not turn kids into drug abusers or "zombies."
[The Truth About ADHD and Substance Abuse]
Myth #7: People who have ADHD are stupid or lazy - they never amount to anything.

People with ADHD are often of above-average intelligence, recent studies show. They certainly aren't lazy. In fact, many well-known, high-achieving individuals from the past are thought to have had ADHD, including Mozart, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, George Bernard Shaw, and Salvador Dali. The list of high-achieving people with ADHD in business today includes top executives, such as David Neeleman, founder of JetBlue Airways, and Paul Orfalea, founder of Kinko's.

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We've heard 'em all: "ADHD isn't real." "That kid just needs a good spanking. "People with ADHD are just lazy." These myths about ADHD have been around as long as the condition itself, and the negative effect they have is very real - and very damaging.

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Newsela | Dancing gives 11-year-old boy a leg up on ADHD

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Newsela | Dancing gives 11-year-old boy a leg up on ADHD

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Newsela | Instructional Content Platform

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Newsela is an Instructional Content Platform that supercharges reading engagement and learning in every subject.

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10 Things Only People With Attention Problems Understand - YouTube

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10 Things Only People With Attention Problems Understand - YouTube

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10 Things Only People With Attention Problems Understand

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The Facts About ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) - YouTube

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The Facts About ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) - YouTube

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ADHD sucks, but not really | Salif Mahamane | TEDxUSU - YouTube

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ADHD As A Difference In Cognition, Not A Disorder: Stephen Tonti at TEDxCMU - YouTube

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ADHD As A Difference In Cognition, Not A Disorder: Stephen Tonti at TEDxCMU

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The most important lesson from 83,000 brain scans | Daniel Amen | TEDxOrangeCoast - YouTube

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The most important lesson from 83,000 brain scans | Daniel Amen | TEDxOrangeCoast

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The Trouble with Normal: My ADHD the Zebra | Emily Anhalt | TEDxSyracuseUniversity - YouTube

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Brilliance is absent without the presence of darkness, no matter where you are or what you do, strive to be great in spite of your circumstances. As you listen to Emily's talk, reflect on what you believe it takes to be successful - What are the things that give you strength?

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Half of the American preschoolers diagnosed with ADHD are given drugs to treat the symptoms. Is that necessary? Is there another way?

Neurobiologist David Anderson is alarmed by the idea of drugging children to treat the symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Especially during adolescence, when changing levels of sex hormones and growth hormones are already having a dramatic impact on a teenager's brain, he questions the long-term use of a drug that promotes a system like dopamine or serotonin. As he puts it: "You can't take the kid off the drug after puberty and say, 'Whoops, let's go back and do puberty without the drug.'" Read on to learn how drugs like Adderall affect the brain - and why Anderson says that drug treatments should be a last resort in children with ADHD.

One in 10 American children is diagnosed with ADHD - but we still don't understand the disorder. "There's this traditional view that common brain disorders like ADHD, anxiety and depression are caused by chemical imbalances in the brain, as if the brain were some kind of chemical soup that just needed a little more salt," says Anderson (TEDxCaltech talk: Your brain is more than a bag of chemicals). Then there's the emerging view, which is that ADHD and other common brain disorders are "actually disturbances in the neural circuits that mediate emotion, mood and affect." This distinction matters most when parents, doctors and teachers are evaluating the pros and cons of behavioral, environmental and medical treatment options for a growing child, since current drug treatment options act by globally changing brain chemistry. "Many of the drugs that are taken for conditions like these were discovered by accident, not through an understanding of the underlying physiology of the disorder," says Anderson. "It was just discovered that they work, and we don't know how they work really or why they work."

Just what are the long-term consequences of taking a drug like Adderall for years at a time?

For children with ADHD, medication should be a last resort. The ADHD drug Adderall is a good example to consider. "Adderall is basically amphetamines, and it works by increasing the amount of dopamine that is released into the brain," says Anderson. The problem is, dopamine doesn't have a single function, so to say that dopamine is involved in ADHD isn't saying very much. "There are dopamine fibers in many regions of the brain, and around ten different kinds of dopamine neurons in the brain, and most of those neurons will be affected by amphetamine, and those neurons may be doing many different things." That's why a medication like Adderall can have so many side effects. "It's a little like trying to fix your car by pouring oil over the engine - some of it may dribble into the right place, but a lot of it will do more harm than good."

Another concern is that the brain reacts to being constantly bathed in this drug, and we know very little about what kind of compensating reactions there are and how they affect brain function in the long term, notes Anderson. In other words, if a child has been taking a drug like Adderall for two years and then stops, their brain is not in the same state that it was in before. "So you're not just pouring oil over the engine - the engine is actually changing as a consequence of being bathed in engine oil all that time." If there's one key message Anderson wants to convey, it's that "there should be more public pressure on the pharmaceutical industry, and also on our federal funding agencies, to perform and support studies of the long term consequences of treating pre-adolescent and adolescent children with these drugs over periods of years, and to look at what happens as these individuals are taken off the drugs after periods of time."

There's a societal issue here, as well as a public policy issue.

Does school-based behavioral therapy need a public policy push? Maybe. The CDC estimates that about half of the American preschoolers diagnosed with ADHD are given drugs to treat the symptoms - and that about 1 in 4 are treated only with medication. Yet the recommended first-line treatment is not medication, but behavioral therapy - and there are a number of other environmental and educational variables that can be adjusted. One of the advantages of drug treatment is that it's easier for the adults involved, notes Anderson. To go a non-pharmaceutical route? That requires more energy from parents and teachers. If there are five kids in class with ADHD, for example, and four of them are on medication, are teachers willing to modify the classroom environment to meet the needs of the fifth child? If you are an American parent working a blue-collar job, is your employer going to tolerate the fact that you need to leave work an hour early to take your child to therapy? "There's a societal issue here, as well as a public policy issue," says Anderson.

What's next for treatment? "If we want to understand what goes wrong in these disorders, we have to understand how the wiring of the brain and the computational parts of the brain contribute to emotion," says Anderson. That can lead to more targeted forms of therapy, such as deep brain stimulation. Fortunately, scientists now have ways of measuring the activity of neurons in the brain that nobody even thought of 50 years ago. For example, instead of measuring electrical activity, neuroscientists can now use light to probe the brain. "The thought that we're going to unravel all of this complexity and come to a quick fix any time soon is overly optimistic," says Anderson. "But at least we're getting to know how high is the mountain we're trying to climb."

The future of "normal". One way of looking at what is called ADHD is as part of a spectrum of human behaviors that in the past have been considered part of the normative range. Today, there is a movement to accept extremes in the behavior distribution as "normal" and not as pathological, in the sense of representing a disorder or condition that needs to be treated medically. For Anderson, the main question is simply, what are you willing to live with? "For the environment and the conditions and society and family in which you function on a day to day basis, is this condition adaptive or maladaptive? That's the key."

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Neurobiologist David Anderson is alarmed by the idea of drugging children to treat the symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Especially during adolescence, when changing levels of sex hormones and growth hormones are already having a dramatic impact on a teenager's brain, he questions the long-term use of a drug that promotes a system like dopamine or serotonin.