Is anyone else angry | ADHD Information
Is anyone else really angry about what's been going on in the news the past couple of days. This morning on the news they said that they now know what causes 30% of all ADHD cases - smoking during pregnancy. I NEVER SMOKED DURING MY PREGNANCY AND HAVE NEVER SMOKED PERIOD. Even though it says 30% of all ADHD, it still gives people more of a reason to blame parents for ADHD by those who don't believe it is a neruological disorder that they are born with. I have 2 children, 1 with ADHD and 1 without.
It just erks me.
i stay angry with the news when they mention anything regarding adhd. All the doctors are doing is coming up with reason to blame someone why children have adhd, becasue they dont even know what really causes it. I smoked with both of my children my son has adhd i believe. he was dx with it at the age of 3 but im not sure anymore. And my daughter does not have it at all. She is the perfect angel around my home.Actually, I kind of look at it in an opposite way -- I think it's helpful to try to pinpoint some of the things that might either cause or exaccerbate ADHD. I've been looking into vaccinations a lot lately and there are several links that may contribute to neurological disorders.
As far as the smoking goes, I did not smoke and my child has ADHD but my husband has it as well and his mother smoked -- during all 4 pregnancies. Only one of my brothers-in-law does NOT have ADHD -- the other 3 do. I'm all for finding out as much as we can!
I have never smoked, have always been very anti-smoking. When I was pregnant with my daughter, a chain smoker was at the desk next to mine. He delighted in blowing smoke in my face forcing me to run for the bathroom sick to my stomach. My daughter is not at all ADHD but did have infantile asthma.I was a health nut with my son, walking miles every day. messytess: my son was also a kicker. I knew when I was pregnant with him there was something different about him. Anybody else have that? My son is ADHD with a bold, capital H! He had reflux, allergies, tubes in his ears, frequent ear infections...... So much for my watching my health!
From what I know, ADHD seems to be an inherited trait and I believe some day they will narrow down a gene or a particular dna that will mark it. We all know that what the mother does during her pregnancy has a major effect on the overall health of her unborn child. My mother chain smoked when she was pregnant with me and I was born a month early at 5 pounds. I have never been diagnosed, but I have many classic ADHD symptoms myself. I don't believe it was my mother's smoking that made me taht way. Environmental factors also play a major role in the overall physical and mental health of an individual. The old nature vs nuture debate is still alive and well.
I would love to see if the "experts" can come up with a cause, then maybe those folks who believe we are just bad parents will start to listen. I just really hope it is not from cigarettes, as I did smoke a few when I was pregnant with both kids. One has ADHD, the other doesn't, and I smoked more with the one that doesn't have it. I do know that the one with ADHD was a real kicker in my belly, I mean it was ridiculous, but I thought it was cool, too. The other one hardly ever kicked, he was my second, so I wondered if there was something wrong with him! (There isn't.)THE TRUTH IS BOYS ARE 3 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO INHERIT DISORDERS. GIRLS SYMPTOMS ARE USUALLY DIFFERENT THAN THE BOYS ARE. OUR DAUGHTER IS OK ALSO. OUR ALLERGIST SAYS IT'S JUST THE DIFFERENCE IN THE KIDS METABOLIC SYSTEMS.
If there was a connection to smoking wouldn't that mean there would have been a lot more ADHD a couple of generations back, before doctors started to tell people it was bad? It just doesn't add up.
[QUOTE=kathigoo]: my son was also a kicker. I knew when I was pregnant with him there was something different about him. Anybody else have that? [/QUOTE]
My 7 1/2 year old son, who is being evaluated and will probably meet criteria for diagnosis this school year, was such a kicker that we called him "Nicker the Kicker" while I was pregnant! He actually made water ripple from kicking so hard when I was in the tub at about 8 months along.
Man, I forgot that! He is such a funny and goofy kid-- well, at least when we don't have homework to do!!
Teresa D38987.9152083333I think it's the same with all prblems/ilnesses that the cause to is pretty much unknown, for example cancers, how many different things has that been blamed on? I've lost count.
The funny thing about ADHD and my family there are only 2 children with it - out of everyone including the adults, My brother has a son with ADHD, and so do I. My brother smoked, though I know his wife didn't, and I didn't either.
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Louise
I think before they came up with a label for it (ADHD), the ADHD kids were probably considered to just be "bad" kids, or just called hyperactive. So I'm glad there is the label now. And I'm happy to say I've been smoke-free for 1 year, 3 months. Now I didn't smoke durnig my pregancy but I am a smoker and started back after each one of my children were born. Neither of my children have ADHD. My grandson who lives with us has ADHD, however, he is my grandson by marriage, so he was not around my smoke either!!!!!!!.....
ADHD is a genentic disorder. If there is indeed a correlation between smoking during pregnancy and ADHD, it may just be that parents with ADHD are more likely to smoke. They pass on the "ADHD genetics" to their kids, and the smoking may have nothing to do with it.
i also did not smoke during my pregnancies and neither did my mum.
there is always something in the news now about ADHD and most of the time i ignore it.
Our case does't seem to fit the so called "norm" for ADHD cases either. Itwas sorta funny when the psychologist was going over family history with
me at my first appt. I almost felt like the doctor probably thought I had
to be lying, because our family doesn't have any drug, alcohol abuse,
smoking, lead poisoning, or family history of ADHD. So...how did we
inheriate this? Nobody in the family has had mental health issues, etc.
All the questions that they ask to try to figure out what the problem
might be (before diagnosis) made me feel really straight laced!
When this stuff in the news comes up, it really makes me wonder even
more, where this has come from for us. Now that I've learned a lot of
ADHD, I'm almost sure my younger sister (7 years younger than me) had
it when we were little. But, as an adult, she's fine. Other than that, it's
just a big question? My daughter has ADHD, and I am a non-smoker. I have it, and my mother has never smoked. I am pretty sure that my mother has it, and my grandmother was a non-smoker.Vickie, that is a good point! It doesn't sound like any hereditary aspescts were taken into consideration during this study!
I also wondered how much the coorelation is that the moms smoke because they have undiagnosed ADHD and not that smoking caused ADHD in their children but instead it was genetic. I have read that smoking helps with calming and is used to self medicate.
I agree with Tas- It makes since to me that the smoking mothers can better be accounted for as ADD moms that smoked - It's their ADD that is passed down because they had the genes not because they smoked!Thus the problem with correlational studies...Wow! Lots of us non-smokers with ADHD kids! Maybe they should study not just the kids, but their parents, too!
My mother didn't start smoking until I was about 3, and late in life we found out that I was ADD. DH's Mom tried to stop when she got pg, but her doctor told her to start back up because she became severely hypertensive, and he was also ADD. DH quit smoking 1 1/2 years before my pg with DS, so he was not exposed to it in our home. So, is it heredity or environment? By the same token, could it go back much further, to our grandparents and great grandparents. Is it the insecticides like DDT?
But you're right! It is maddening to have those generalizations get out to the uneducated public (non affected families.) 
your post!
Well this isn't a new discovery. My son is 6 and when I was pregnant with him, I heard this as well. In fact, I heard that if you smoke, change your clothing before holding an infant because if an infant breathes in the smoke from your shirt, it may cause ADHD for the infant. I had my ex change HIS clothes for this reason .. and my son STILL has ADHD. I also think he has it because of his head trauma and lack of oxygen at birth. Apparently they're more suseptible of getting it .. plus, I have ADD myself so I'm sure part of it is hereditary.
Don't be mad at the news. There might be some truth to it. Of course, it doesn't apply to everyone so if you didn't smoke, don't worry about it.
No smokers in my house, I never smoked in my life. I say they are full of beans.[QUOTE=Jillette]No smokers in my house, I never smoked in my life. I say they are full of beans.[/QUOTE]
It's not black and white. This is just one of many causes of ADHD.
My mom has never smoked before.