http://www.powermomsunite.com/2009/02/20/basal-ganglia-in-boys-with-adhd-deviate-from-norm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=basal-ganglia-in-boys-with-adhd-deviate-from-norm empowering ADHD families to celebrate Sat, 03 Sep 2011 17:36:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.powermomsunite.com/2009/02/20/basal-ganglia-in-boys-with-adhd-deviate-from-norm/comment-page-1/#comment-215 David Miller Sat, 21 Aug 2010 05:27:19 +0000 http://www.powermomsunite.com/?p=403#comment-215 One of my nephews has ADDHD. He is 14 years of age. I seem to have some kind of ADD. Many years ago, I was DX'd with Kleinfelter's Syndrome and did not have any idea that ADD is connected with Kleinfelters, but it explains why I have always had trouble remembering what people say to me. Actually, none of my doctors ever said anything about it; I actually learned from other people who have Kleinfelters' who e-mail me via XXYTalk.com. All I am suggesting is to check the levels of Testosterone in your boys reproductive systems. I am in my 60's and still have trouble remembering the spoken word. It is as if my brain has to take a longer time to process whatever is being said. My usual reply, is, "What?" Which is very frustrating to family and friends; they usually accuse me of not listening. One of my nephews has ADDHD. He is 14 years of age.
I seem to have some kind of ADD. Many years ago, I was DX’d with Kleinfelter’s Syndrome and did not have any idea that ADD is connected with Kleinfelters, but it explains why I have always had trouble remembering what people say to me.
Actually, none of my doctors ever said anything about it; I actually learned from other people who have Kleinfelters’ who e-mail me via XXYTalk.com. All I am suggesting is to check the levels of Testosterone in your boys reproductive systems.
I am in my 60′s and still have trouble remembering the spoken word. It is as if my brain has to take a longer time to process whatever is being said. My usual reply, is, “What?”
Which is very frustrating to family and friends; they usually accuse me of not listening.

]]> http://www.powermomsunite.com/2009/02/20/basal-ganglia-in-boys-with-adhd-deviate-from-norm/comment-page-1/#comment-51 candace Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:39:22 +0000 http://www.powermomsunite.com/?p=403#comment-51 The lack of difference in volume and shape of the basal ganglia of girls with and without ADHD, suggests <strong>sex strongly influences the disorder’s expression</strong>, which can explain why so many girls go un-diagnosed with ADHD. This fact is certainly confirmed anecdotally from my house! There is far less aggression or difficulty remembering facts associated with my daughter's ADHD, though she certainly has a significant struggle to filter stimuli and irrelevant information and is far more reactionary than my boys with ADHD - call it heightened girl drama- or as my family refers to it- ADHD-living in HD (high definition). The lack of difference in volume and shape of the basal ganglia of girls with and without ADHD, suggests sex strongly influences the disorder’s expression, which can explain why so many girls go un-diagnosed with ADHD. This fact is certainly confirmed anecdotally from my house! There is far less aggression or difficulty remembering facts associated with my daughter’s ADHD, though she certainly has a significant struggle to filter stimuli and irrelevant information and is far more reactionary than my boys with ADHD
- call it heightened girl drama- or as my family refers to it- ADHD-living in HD (high definition).

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