[Old_Mil]

My sympathies. There is a theory about ADHD that relates it to early childhood television exposure within the first 2-3 years of life...I tend to agree with that hypothesis.

[Doctor Stochastic]

There is a theory about ADHD that relates it to early childhood television exposure within the first 2-3 years of life.

I didn't have any TV exposure until I was a senior in high school (although I did visit a friend to see Elvis's fires appearance on Ed Sullivan.) I had dyslexia (and ADD probably) long before either. So did all the other people that I know who had the problem.

[LauraleeBraswell]

""here is a theory about ADHD that relates it to early childhood television exposure within the first 2-3 years of life...I tend to agree with that hypothesis.""

I think television exacerbates the symptoms of ADD. And in general, it makes people inattentive, which may account for the increases in false diagnosis. But like I said, ADHD is not about simply "not paying attention." There are many more symptoms that encompass what is the disorder.