What are the advantages of ADHD that tends to be taken negative?

Behavioral disorders characterized by being careless or impulsive behaviorAttention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)Is apt to pick up only negative aspects as a type of developmental disorder. However, a movie that explains the characteristics of ADHDIs ADHD An Advantage?If you look at "ADHD you can see well that there are advantages as well as problems.

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It is said that ADHD, which has distinctive and hyperactive characteristics, is generally classified as behavior disorder and is increasing among children and teenagers. What is happening inside the human body of ADHD of behavior disorder. Can it be an advantage (advantage)?


It is believed that ADHD is related to brain development, and it is said that it is caused by smoking or drinking during pregnancy, but it is considered to be related to genes.


And, the gene related to ADHD,Reward systemThere is a direct link to.


ADHD people create a good mood "DopamineIt is known that there are few receptors.


To the extent that there are few dopamine receptors is that it is easy to remember boredom for anything, it is insensitive to feeling pleasant.

Scanning through the brain with fMRI has a distinguishing feature between the general person and the ADHD person. From the normal mode the brain of the general person ......


It is smoothly switched to "Task-positive network (TPN)" which is activated when assignment is given.


On the other hand, people with ADHD are not good at switching.


Since we enter TPN mode without exiting normal mode, we are not good at concentrating as a result.


Studies show that ADHD people are involved in concentrating and controlling emotionsCerebral cortexIt is known that it is thin.


To alleviate such symptoms, patients with ADHD prescribe a drug called "Ritalin" that activates dopamine receptivity of synapses.


However, Ritalin has been pointed out a side effect caused over a long period of time, people who are not ADHD have the problem of taking Ritalin for the purpose of increasing concentration.


In the United States there is a survey report that ADHD patients are increasing at a rate of 5% every year, and there is data that sales volume of Ritalin increased by 35% between 2008 and 2012 as if to support it.


However, it has also been found that ADHD's characteristics were advantageous in the process of evolution. Hunting and nomadic life is said to be hyperactive, enhancing the success rate of hunting, high alertness is effective in protecting your family from enemies, and it has been pointed out that it was advantageous for survival competition.


In a study comparing the settlers of Kenya and nomadic people, it has been confirmed that more people have genetic characteristics related to ADHD and get more prey.


And, more than anything, there is a report that ADHD is superior in terms of creativity (creativity).


ADHD's creativity tends to be buried in general education methods. There seems to be a necessity of education different from what we have ever been able to demonstrate the features of ADHD to the maximum.