Paying attention to the deficit ADHD and ADHD are commonly spoken of as if they were different diseases, in reality they are the same disease. In recent years, ADD has disappeared due to its similarity to ADHD. ADD was, in the past, a separate disorder because it focused exclusively on the distractible side of things. ADD is now part of ADHD because it is called a subtype of ADHD. ADHD is an attention disorder that is becoming more commonly diagnosed and treated due to misdiagnoses and misunderstandings about how to address the disorder. How do you find out if you have ADHD? Well, to find out if someone has the disorder, they first need to understand what ADHD is and what causes it. You can easily start by doing basic research into what the disorder entails, but to fully understand the disease, we need to learn what causes it. . This process is described in Jeremy Peirce's informative book, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Several genes with strong evidence of involvement in ADHD are part of the system that regulates the amount of dopamine available in the brain. One of these genes is even targeted by some stimulant drugs used to treat ADHD. The protein generated by this gene is known as a dopamine transporter because it removes dopamine from the space between neurons, called the synapse. People with ADHD sometimes have more dopamine transporters than people without ADHD. This causes dopamine to be removed from the synapse too quickly, so there is less of it than usual in the synapse. "(60) Dopamine gives a person the will and attention span to work; which means that with higher levels of dopamine in the synapses, the will to work is also greater. In a body with ADHD, the levels of dopamine are substantially lower... in the middle of the paper... and may not know what the disorder actually entails. ADHD is usually spoken of jokingly, but it is a serious disorder levels of severity, but it must be treated equally. Doctors do not spend enough time to fully understand each case of their patients, which can lead to a wrong treatment option or even a misdiagnosis Once ADHD is diagnosed in a legitimate case, there are many ways to manage and treat the disorder ADHD has become overly medicated and should use more psychotherapy because it has been proven to be more effective every day. ADHD, which however is not yet fully understood. In the future it may be possible for ADHD to become a treatable disorder, but, until that day, it is important to stay informed and understand the disorder as much as possible.