![]() ![]() Regular exercise is beneficial for us all, but it may be particularly important for those with CDD. Take stock of how much exercise the person with CDD symptoms does daily.Eating a nutritious breakfast improves energy levels, mood, and cognitive function throughout the morning. Skipping breakfast brings lower energy levels, tiredness, and a less positive mood. Make sure that the person with CDD eats a nutritious breakfast.Ask your doctor for advice about sleep hygiene. Night-time sleep problems (difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep) are a major culprit in causing daytime sleepiness, lethargy, and difficulties in concentrating. Make sure that the person with CDD symptoms gets enough sleep.Since There Is No Known Way to Manage or Treat CDD, What Can I Do? Moreover, many children, adolescents, and adults with CDD symptoms also have symptoms of mood disorders, but those with ADHD do not. However, even though children with ADHD often meet diagnostic criteria for Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), children with CDD rarely have ODD or aggression. Does CDD Occur With Disorders Other Than ADHD?ĬDD often occurs with ADHD – up to 50 percent of children or adults with ADHD or CDD may have the other. However, a child or adult who has both CDD and ADHD is likely to be more severely impaired than those with either condition alone. Parents, teachers, and clinicians shouldn’t assume that all problems with concentration or inattention mean that the individual has ADHD. Studies show that CDD symptoms are different from ADHD and mood disorders, although CDD often co-occurs with ADHD, particularly with the inattentive form. Some researchers found that a set of five symptoms was unique to CDD: “loses train of thought,” “easily confused,” “seems drowsy,” “is slow-thinking and slow-moving.” This set (or similar sets) of symptoms can be found in children, adolescents, and adults. This makes it difficult to find out whether CDD differs from those conditions. Some of the suggested symptoms of CDD are similar to symptoms of inattentive ADHD or a mood disorder. Some research has been based on just two or three symptoms, while other studies have included as many as 14 symptoms. There is no agreement on the number or type of symptoms of CDD. ![]() Here is what the research community knows - and doesn’t know - about CDD. ![]() Anyone who has had the flu knows that lack of energy and fatigue make it hard to concentrate on a task for more than a minute or so, or to engage in conversation or other social interaction. It focuses on the functional impairments of being drowsy, lacking energy, and being readily fatigued. Russell Barkley, Ph.D., recently made a plea to change the name to Concentration Deficit Disorder, which is less offensive and does not suggest that we understand the nature of the cognitive difficulties. However, for many people, the word “sluggish” is derogatory, because it suggests mental slowness, slow-wittedness, or outright laziness. ![]() In the research literature, this cluster of symptoms is still called Sluggish Cognitive Tempo (SCT). However, no one has been able to determine whether this pattern of behavior is a type of ADHD or a different disorder that often co-occurs with ADHD. He is slow-moving, lethargic, drowsy, or sleepy during the day uninterested in playing with friends withdrawn.Ī Scottish physician first described a pattern of behavior similar to CDD back in 1798. What does Concentration Deficit Disorder look like in a child? He has persistent difficulty concentrating, and he stares or looks blank when he is asked a question. You probably want to throw up your hands and shout, “Just what we need! Another type of ADHD to learn about and manage.” It is called Concentration Deficit Disorder (CDD). As more parents and adults get educated about the symptoms of ADHD and its subtypes, discover treatments that work, and put a game plan together to help their child move forward in school and life, along comes a news flash from the research front that there may be another type of ADHD to contend with. ![]()
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