There is no clear line of demarcation between normal behavior and ADHD behavior. Lacking any other apparent cause for the behaviors in medical conditions like hyperthyroidism, clinical depression, or family disturbances, ADHD is a strong consideration. But only a professional trained in working with ADHD should make the final diagnosis. In addition to making sure that no other medical condition is causing the symptoms, on e must recognize that ADD is a comparative diagnosis. It depends not just upon the presence of symptoms but upon the intensity and duration of those symptoms.
Most children are distractible, impulsive, and restless some of the time.
The vast majority of children do not have ADD, and one must be very careful not to make the diagnosis so easily that it loses meaning or becomes a fad. As a corrective reaction to secular psychology assigning biological motivation to behaviors we consider sinful choices, many in the Christian community deny any biological causation for behavior. This flies in the face of scientific and medical evidence which shows that our behavior is often not simply a matter of our conscious choices, but affected greatly by a complex interaction between external situations, emotions, and the body's own chemical balance. Has difficult in remaining in seat when required to do so. Is easily distracted by extraneous stimuli.