Causes of ADHD

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or ADHD is the condition in which the children are not able to think/concentrate, are hyperactive and can’t sit still. Let’s have a brief look into the causes of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder…
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Dr.S.Cottingham Colin,
The lights you mention would not be causal, as we know what parts of the brain are damaged in ADHD and which neurotoxins cause such damage - and that happens when the brain is forming in the first 2 years roughly. However, your query is an important one since sensory overload is a problem for many, including ADHDs. To feel ok, they seek or avoid many types of sensory stimuli including sights, sounds, brightness, darkness, smells, touch, proprioceptic (deep pressure), vestibular (movement). In my work, a simple sensory inventory completed by parents, teachers and support workers allow me to score the inventory and tell exactly what a child is seeking or avoiding. We add opportunities and remove certain stimuli accordingly and resulting homeostatis is quite predictable. Lights for some are irritating, but I wouldn't discount the hum, or sensitivity to the electromagnetic field as possible problems either.
Dr. Sandra Cottingham
co-author of LEAD BABIES
Breaking the cycle of learning disabilities, declining IQ, ADHD, behavior problems, and autism		 6/5/2009
Dr.S.Cottingham The real cause? They had it right when the researchers identified LEAD exposure as the cause. BUt not just lead - in-utero exposure. I devote an entire book to it for anyone who wants the bottom line... "LEAD BABIES
Breaking the cycle of learning disabilities, declining IQ, ADHD, behavior problems, and autism"
by Cerazy and Cottingham.		 6/5/2009
Colin Henshaw Do you think light pollution - from street lighting, commercial lighting and domestic security lighting - may be a component in the causes of ADHD?

I worked in inner city schools in Manchester where this problem seemed to be very common, with the children coming from council estates that were intensively lit.

It would be interesting to compare the incidence of ADHD in two demographically similar schools, of similar size, one rural and one urban.

Have any studies been done along these lines?

Like most animals humans need natural darkness and light pollution has already been implicated in melatonin supression, enhancing the incidence of certain of cancer. If a link could be established, then it would strengthen the case for light pollution mitigation in urban and suburban areas.		 5/30/2009
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