Common Causes
- Lack of bilateral brain integration. Oft times stemming from:
- Genetic predisposition
- Lack of or inadequate crawl time
- Excessively passive environment (little or no exercise or mental stimulation)
- Sensory poor environment
- One of 7 types of
dyslexia
- Lack of ability
to process, store and recall mental pictures
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Hypoxemia
--lack of oxygen during pregnancy (tobacco related) or caused by
trauma during delivery
- Personality conflicts
with significant adults in life due to differences in brain
quadrant, learning style, and extroversion or Introversion preferences, or speed of mental
tempo
- Social stressors
including domestic violence, divorce, marital instability,
financial or family health challenges
- Stimulants
including caffeine and psychotropic medications
- Mixed brain dominance
- Irregular mental tempo
(true ADD/ADHD)
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Less Common Causes or
Exacerbators
- Food sensitivities or allergies to dairy products, eggs, meats, or wheat, a diet
high in sugar or refined foods, or a vitamin or mineral deficiency
- Unrealistic expectations
of parents or teachers or other significant adults
- Poor Parenting Styles
including: overly controlling or inconsistent discipline,
poorly defined and enforced rules, lack of adequate attention, fatherless-ness, lack of
accountable role modeling
- Emotional trauma
or abuse including abandonment, separation from parents, verbal
abuse from classmates, friends, parents or teachers, death, severe illness or incapacity
of a loved one, rejection
- Behavior emulation
of TV, movie or computer characters or misbehaving peers
- Minor head trauma
including sports injuries, concussions
- Psychiatric disorders--
depression, bi-polar, Obsessive-compulsive (OCD),
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), etc.
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Least Common,
Yet Possible Causes
- Physical Brain Trauma such as major head injury, stroke, surgery, meningitis
- Physical or sexual abuse including rape
- Infection-linked
hyperactivity including bacteria, viruses, parasites and worms
- Environmental Toxicity
including Solvents (glue sniffing), pesticides, heavy metal
exposure--mercury (dental fillings) lead (lead paint flakes, tin/lead
solder, hobbies or crafts or work clothes), manganese (petroleum products), cadmium
(batteries)
- Noxious gas exposure and /or poisoning
from carbon monoxide, radon, or new
house/carpet/ paint /vinyl outgassing or an overly insulated house (sick house syndrome)
- Illicit drug use
- Genetic syndromes
including fragile X, Turners, muscular dystrophy, cystic fibrosis
- Personal medical issues
including asthma, diabetes, hypoglycemia, sickle cell
anemia, thyroid disorders, seizures, uncorrected vision and hearing impairments
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