 [ Symptoms ] can a over dose of ether during child birth by c section cause addhd my mother had a c section when she gave birth to me i am told she was given ether and i recieved too much can this cause addhd and what other effects can this cause in me [ Disease ] i do not know the age of your mother or the year of this birth but ether has not been used in the delivery room for many decades there is no evidence that ether causes addadhd as a matter of fact no one knows what causes this disorder