Understanding the symptoms of ADD can help you to better understand the condition.

Is ADD Real?

One of the biggest controversies about ADD is that it is not a real condition. However, a closer look at the symptoms will allow you to see that ADD is not normal behavior.

There is no reason to deny a child treatment that can greatly improve their life just because of a belief that ADD is not real. ADD has been proven though medical studies to be a real condition that needs treatment.

ADD Behaviors

The symptoms of ADD are often referred to as behaviors because ADD is a behavioral disease. True ADD only covers one group of behaviors. ADHD, a related disease, covers two additional groups.