Let's begin by pointing out that we have recently written about ADHD and Depression in Teenage Girls, and have even produced a brief internet video on the topic. As reported in that article, females with ADHD tend to have the "inattentive" type of ADHD (what we refer to as Winnie the Pooh type), where males tend to have the "impulsive-hyperactive" type or a "combined type" of ADHD (what we refer to as Tigger type ADHD).

As a result, males tend to have more behavioral problems that go along with their ADHD, which leads to referrals from the classroom teacher to a physician where he can receive a diagnosis and treatment. Their female counterparts, however, tend to be inattentive in the classroom, without the behavioral problems, and as less likely to get a referral which might lead to a diagnosis and treatment.

As children mature into adolescence, the human brain matures. But the interesting thing about the brain is that the brain tends to mature from the back of the brain to the front of the brain, and the frontal lobes and pre-frontal cortex mature last. These brain areas are most associated with the "executive functions" of the brain, and their delays in maturity are associated with "inattentive ADHD."

Since the female brain tends to achieve its full growth and maturity in the early 20's, we see many females who had been diagnosed with inattentive ADHD seemingly "outgrow" it in young adulthood.

This full article can be found at: http://newideas.net/adhd-adult-women-symptoms

Just Like Winnie the Pooh

Winnie the Pooh is the classic picture of Inattentive ADHD. Although Pooh is very lovable, loyal, and kind, he is also inattentive, sluggish, slow-moving, unmotivated. He is a classic daydreamer with brain fog.

In other works we have called this "Space Cadet" style ADHD.

People with this type of ADHD are:

• Easily distracted
• Have short attention spans to a task that is not interesting, or is hard
• Daydreaming when others are talking to him/her
• Always looking for things that they have just put down somewhere...
• Always late
• Easily bored

Inattentive ADHD Explained

Normally in the brain the prefrontal cortex will speed up activity when there is work to concentrate on. But with this type of inattentive ADHD the prefrontal cortex actually slows down when placed under a work load, like reading or doing homework.

This entire article can be found at: http://www.newideas.net/adhd/different-types- adhd/inattentive-type

Recent Study on Milk and ADHD

Changes in our diets can be used as a treatment intervention for ADHD. And according to a recent study from Norway, it seems that at least a sub-group of children with ADHD have a particular type of protein imbalance that may be contributing to a child's ADHD symptoms, or may be causing that child's ADHD problem entirely.

The study began back in 1996 as a group of researchers and educators in Norway began a study of 23 children with ADHD. They placed the children on a milk free diet and have followed the performance of the children since. The researchers wanted to see if the ADHD symptoms in the children, particularly hyperactivity and impulsivity, would improve by avoiding milk, or more specifically the casein in the milk.

Since a one of our long-held ADHD diet recommendations has been to stop drinking cow's milk for two weeks, then add it back in to the diet and see if there is any adverse reaction to it, we were very interested in the observations from this study.

Milk is one of the most common food allergens in children. Studies in several countries around the world show a prevalence of milk allergy in children around 2% to 5%. Some estimates are much higher, as the researchers in this study propose. Cow's milk contains at least 20 protein components that may cause allergic responses. The milk proteins casein and whey are the main problems. Caseins give milk its "milky" appearance and is the protein in milk that makes it possible to make cheese. Whey makes up the remainder of the milk substance.

This entire article can be found at: http://www.newideas.net/adhd/milk-adhd-dr-reichelts- theories