Hyperactivity

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If you find it very hard to focus all your attention into one single activity for a prolonged period of time, then you have one of the typical symptoms of a hyperactive person. Other indicators could be that you easily become angry or happy or that you have impulsive behavior. It doesn’t really matter whether it’s nature or nurture that made you this way; the key point is, what can you do about it?

One of the responsibilities of dopamine, a neurotransmitter, is to keep people alert. One theory, which could explain why some people are so often hyperactive, is that reduced dopamine production is compensated in the brain by increased ...

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