POSTED: Friday, February 24, 2012 - 11:39am UPDATED: Thursday,
March 1, 2012 - 9:21am BROWNSVILLE — Is it a kid being a kid? Or
is it something more? A child may be easily distracted, has
trouble staying on task, and even talks out of turn, things that
just about every kid experiences at one time or another, but
these are also just a few signs of attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder. So when does this behavior cross over
from being a normal kid to being a child that's suffering from a
neurological disorder? “Parents come in under a tremendous
amount of pressure; it's not unusual for the parent to say, "The
teacher can't take it anymore," says pediatrician, Dr. Carmen
Rocco. The Center for Disease Control reports that over five
million children have been diagnosed with ADHD. To put that into
perspective, that's about one in every ten school aged children;
kids between the ages of four and seventeen. "It's a
neurological deficit. It's an area of the brain that is
impacted. It's not able to function correctl