Talk:Hyperactivity

Explicating the relationship among ADHD, AADD, Hyperfocus, Hyperactivity on Wikipedia?

There is a lot of redundant information between the Wiki articles ADHD, AADD, Hyperfocus, and Hyperactivity. Ostensibly these articles all regard the same topic, albeit in different formats and from different points of view. I think some more thought needs to go into the relation between these concepts. Many people might regard one or all of these analyses to be completely made-up bullshit, or psychiatric doublespeak. There is a lot of skepticism out there toward the institutional psychiatric approach to these problems; and psychiatry is very skeptical of alternate hypotheses as well. Perhaps we need to have a discussion of how best to present all of these topics to the lay person, so they too can input their POV and balance out the equation. oneismany 13:25, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

Merge 'Controversy' section in ADHD article with 'Hyperactivity' article?

I recommend that the information in the ADHD article about the genetic trait known as 'hyperactivity' should be merged into the 'Hyperactivity' article, to distinguish this information from the psychiatric diagnosis that identifies 'ADHD' as a mental disorder. Information from the 'Controversy' section that is not ADHD specific should go there too. Discussion? oneismany 07:25, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Bold claims

I wonder if some of the claims made in this article are a bit bold, given the dearth of references to support them. I'm not suggesting the claims are right or wrong... only that they need support from published studies or books, or else alternative theories that have been published in some way other than just websites. It could probably be a bit more robust as well, and I also support the earlier comments about coordinating it with related articles. MLHarris 15:05, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Temper

In Finlandia or among finns all roma (african, arab, turk, jewish) children would look hyperactive 159.148.71.250 09:55, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Your categories are showing. 84.227.254.183 (talk) 22:47, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Hearing problems?

This article claims that hearing or vision problems can cause hyperactivity. But how so? There is no citation. Is this a common thing? nut-meg (talk) 05:47, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

It's a common problem with hearing impaired children that they exhibit hyperactivity. They cannot hear their own voice so they tend to be extremely noisy and will not listen to the teacher or be calmed. This is why it's so important to test hearing first before medicating. T.R. 87.59.79.70 (talk)

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Hyperactivity HAS been known to cause alter egos. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.78.5.114 (talk) 00:11, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Sodium benzoate definitely has potential for causing hyperactivity

Try dissolving 1/2-1 ml sodium benzoate in a glass of water and drink it. I tried it a few times and it makes me blushy, strongly irritable and hyperactive as hell. It induced a fit of rage(never tried that before) so that I nearly got into a fight with my bank advisor LOL. It's not pleasant. I know original research is not allowed but try this little experiment if you're in doubt that there is a connection between soda additives such as benzoic acid and hyperactivity. T.R. 87.59.79.70 (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added on 17:25, 19 February 2009 (UTC).

Objectivity of Hyperactivity Page

The entirety of the hyperactivity article appears to be dedicated to debunking the idea that sugar causes hyperactivity. Information about hyperactivity's (actual) causes, symptoms, etc. appear to be missing. I'm not an expert but this article answered none of my questions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.96.53.243 (talk) 02:42, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

Food dyes and preservatives?

I'm not going to create an account and I'm not going to come back and see whether you guys do anything about this, but reading this article felt like I was being sold something. On the one hand, it keeps linking to the UK government's acceptance that food dyes cause hyperactivity, but on the other hand, if you go all the way to the bottom, you find a bunch of bad references and the statement that a blind test of this hypothesis didn't confirm this.

I'm not saying that the dyes and preservatives don't cause hyperactivity, but it's not scientifically certain enough that it should be presented as strongly as it it, in the first paragraph with links to a government health site.

edit: I added the contradiction tag to the causes section. Specifically, what contradicts is the first paragraph and the second paragraph of the causes section.

redirect

This article is pretty much a WP:COATRACK for Feingold diet which already has its own article. DIetary factors are addressed in the ADHD article already. I redirected this to ADHD Jytdog (talk) 02:59, 7 December 2014 (UTC)