An Experiment on the Results of Having ADHD and No Sleep

An Experiment on the Results of Having ADHD and No Sleep Class we are going to be talking about how climate change and global warming affects us and the world around us. I wonder why my car wouldn’t start this morning maybe a blow fuse, or maybe something much bigger is the problem hmmm. It’s such a nice day out today there is some many things that I can get accomplished today. I hope I locked the door before I left the house, think think think do I remember putting the key in the door to lock it. That’s all for today, class your assignment on what the primary cause as to why the climate change links to global warming will be posted shortly. Dang it what all got said in class, hey guys what all got covered and what do we have to do for the assignment the teacher gave us. This is what Individuals with Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have to deal with constantly battling the thousands of things that run through their mind simultaneously. The mind of an individual with (ADHD) doesn’t rest its constantly running and thinking. They process anything and everything attaining little focus to the sole point unless it is not perceived as anything other than boring. The mind jumps from one central focus that draws the eye to the next that catches their eye â€Å"oooh shiny†. People with this disorder lives are more intense do to the fact of low outside sensory experience, because their five senses are at an all-time high. The nervous system of one with (ADHD) is overwhelmed overworking itself by the life experiences because its intensity is too high. For example, any movement no matter the size is distracting. Another would be the slightest sound presented in the house prevents sleep and becomes overwhelmed to disregard it. Studies show that sleep deprivation impacts an individual negatively with the decline in several motor skills, cognitive functions, amongst several others. In simpler terms sleep deprivation will affect the mind slowing the thought process down. Research measuring sleep deprivation shows sleepiness leads to lower alertness and concentration. This makes things more difficult to focus and pay attention to the tasks that may require more complex thought and reasoning. Sleep deprivation affects the learning process in two ways. Since your mind can not focus it’s very difficult to retain information. It also hinders your memory that is essential to learning. These things lead to hyperactivity which promotes loss of focus, intensity, and memory function to perform well in school. With both the subjects discussed there are two ways you can assess the information stated. In the first scenario (ADHD) causes lack of focus staying awake all night due to the fact individuals are distracted promotes sleep deprivation. The second scenario being sleep deprivation is the prime suspect that leads to why Individuals have (ADHD). This puts us at a stalemate as to which is the primary stressor for lack of focus. What makes the brain break from the central focus to concentrate for the task at hand? With the information provided, research must be administered. To further the answer of what is the real problem control must be found for this study. The objective is to find whether or not they are correlated and feed off each other. To confirm my hypothesis, select individuals will be tested accordingly based on how well they pay attention to directions. Day 1 starts participants will stay in a room with guided direction to take apart a piece of machinery and put it back together from start to finish for 3 hours. 2 weeks from the guided direction the participants will be asked to accomplish this again from start to finish step by step without jumping to steps. There will be 3 groups; group 1 will be the ones who will receive focus stimulating medication before they enter the 3 hour guided test. Group 2 will not be receiving anything they will be the non-controlled group. Group 3 will receive sleeping medication to help them get adequate sleep every night till the study is conducte d again. Expected results are group 1 will be perform the task with ease. Group 2 results will have accomplished the task, but will fail due to they didn’t follow the steps. Group 3 will have performed the same as group 1 besides the fact they are already losing focus, and are taking longer to complete than group 1 due to they have lost interest. Methods Participants Participants will be 200 children. There will be 100 female and 200 male. They will be between the ages of eight and eighteen. They will be split up into 4 groups; therefore each group will have fifty people. Two groups will have fifty males and the other two will have fifty female. One group of males and one group of females will be placed in an extremely boisterous situation having to listen to a lecture, like being in a normal classroom, with having little to no sleep. Materials In four rooms, participants will be set up in a classroom like environment; those 100 patients will have not had any sleep and have shown many signs of ADHD. The participants in the other two rooms will have had a small amount of sleep and have not ever shown any signs of ADHD. Procedure The first group will have to stay awake for 24 hours straight and do schoolwork, the second group will sleep for 8 hours and then get up and do schoolwork. Afterwards, we will look at their brain activity and also, ask them about the information they were supposed to of retained and look at how much of the work they got done that they were supposed to be doing. Design After looking at each persons’ brain activity and looking at what each group was supposed to have gotten done, we will ask them what is going through their mind and how they feel. The expected outcome is that the group with little sleep and who had never had symptoms of ADHD will feel fine and all their thoughts will be gathered. The group with no sleep and many symptoms of ADHD will feel horrible and they will not exactly know what is going through their mind, their thoughts will be scattered. Potential Results Having ADHD and no sleep may be worse than not having ADHD and a little amount of sleep After looking at this experiment, one could believe that having ADHD and no sleep is a lot worse than having sleep and not having ADHD, it almost just seems like common sense. But if one does not know anything about ADHD, one may not know the effects of ADHD. The parents of these students with ADHD should keep track of their children’s sleep, and make sure they get an adequate 8 hours every night, no more and no less. The parents of the children without ADHD should still be keeping an eye on their children and making sure they get enough sleep. All parents should be making sure that their children are well collected and are doing well in school and if there not, they need to find out why because most times in children, it is ADHD. Having ADHD and doing work with no sleep is worse than not having ADHD and a little amount of sleep and doing school work The study concluded that having ADHD and no sleep and doing school work is worse than having not ADHD and having slept a little and doing school work. The children who had ADHD and had not slept for 24 hours were all over the place with their thoughts and their school work. The children who did not have ADHD and had a little amount of sleep were well rounded and did a very good job on their school work.