I have ADHD. I’d say I know the psychological side of it pretty well.
I guess I’m just curious about the scientific side of it. How it develops in childhood, if that part is known. And what happens with the chemicals in the brain to make it ADHD?
What is the biological explanation to why I cant focus. Or why I deal with emotional dysregulation, chronic boredom, and all the other shit that goes with it. Whatever the proper terms may be.
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Our brains are not 100% ready to go at birth. There is still a LOT of new connections to be made and after a certain point, *disconnections* to be done as well.
This process of neurological development doesn’t always go smoothly. Genetic risk factors contribute to, but are not the only possible causes for development deficits.
In autistic spectrum children, undeveloped or wrongly pruned neurostructures in key areas of the brain cause the symptoms we see. For ADD and ADHD, deficits exist in the area of the brain responsible for our ability to pick and choose what to pay attention to and how closely we focus on the things we choose. In ADHD specifically, there are greater deficits in impulse and motor control than in ADD or other forms of autism such as Asperger Syndrome.
So in plain English, you have trouble focusing and maintaining attention because you simply lack some of the “wiring” other people use to accomplish that. Autistic therapy tries to, through training and adaptation, to teach the brain how to use other areas of the brain as a stand-in.
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