by Tracy Lynn Smith

Created on: February 18, 2010   Last Updated: January 31, 2011

ADHD is not dangerous and is completely treatable. Attention levels and hyperactivity may be a problem, but it is not dangerous. Every person has to make choices in their life, just because a person is ADHD does not mean they can’t make decisions. ADHD does not mean that can not understand their choices.

My children have ADHD and I used to tell other parents about it. I wanted to make sure that the other parents knew about the problem so they could tell me if they noticed any problems with my children while they were at their homes. It was not because I was worried they would harm anything. The may cause problems, but not harm anything or act dangerous. I have never seen my children or other children with ADHD that were dangerous.

I have seen my children both on and off medication. ADHD does not affect who they are, just how they function sometimes. My youngest loves math, but without his medication he will take three times longer to complete a simple math assignment. Not being able to pay attention for a long period of time does not make him dangerous. It is not like they can’t think or stop thinking; they just simply get interested in something else very easily or want to do more than one thing at once. Most kids do not like to do their homework as well and sometime just don’t want to focus to get the work done.

Many children can grow out of problems with ADHD. If a person with ADHD goes out and kills someone; it was not the ADHD that killed the other person. The death was caused by their own action and choice, not ADHD.

The hyperactive part just means the person has a hard time settling down. Sometimes I wish I was hyper so I could get a lot more work done. This does not make the person dangerous. Give a kid lots of sugar and see what happens. They don’t become dangerous; they just get lots of energy and bounce of the wall. The same happens when an adult drinks too much of caffeine or energy drinks.

Since we have learned a lot about ADHD since it has been first discovered, we can easily treat ADHD affected people so they can be the same as everyone else. If a person is dangerous it had nothing to do with ADHD. A person's lifestyle with drugs and alcohol can make anyone dangerous. This choice of lifestyle has nothing to do with ADHD.

With proper treatment ADHD children act just like everyone else. The dangerous part are those parents who refuse to get their children treatment. Those parents who think they know better than the doctors. The children are left struggling to focus and thinking impulsively. That is ADHD uncontrolled.

ADHD is like trying to watch TV while the channel keeps changing. Trying to do school work when the channel, meaning the brain's focus, keeps changing is extremely hard. With that same focus ADHD children make decisions without really thinking things through. Controlled with treatment the ADHD is not a huge problem and allows the child to think more clearly.

Regardless these children with ADHD with and without treatment are not dangerous. They may act younger than they should and therefor require more watching as if they were younger.

A person displaying dangerous behavior needs to get more help and it is not because of ADHD. They need to seek more professional help and find out why they are being dangerous. There are many people leading normal lives with ADHD and nobody knows it unless they tell you.

Some people only find out that their focus problem was from ADHD when they are adults. Either the person figures out how to deal with adult ADHD or they get medical treatment. Meaning people have had ADHD for years, played with lots of friends and never had a serious problem.

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