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Thursday, November 18, 2010

ADD & ADHD : Hyperactive Child Disorder

What is ADD and ADHD behavior?. Why That person is acting strange?. They might be having this symptom.

A) Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)

is the behavior of children who show their lack of concentration on something

Features of the ADD Child

-Often fail to give careful attention
-does not comply with the instructions and failed to complete school work
-Problem to organize tasks and activities
-wanted to get a sense of completion when making an assignment.
-avoid, dislike, or objected to perform a task
-Always losing things
-Easy to change focus
-Easy to forget

B) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

is a neurobehavioral developmental disorder.

ADHD children often show behaviors that are found in two main categories:

1) Hyperactivity
-Frequent moving hands or feet
-floppy seat.
-Always leave the seat while in class.
-Always running here or there to love or to climb
-Often have difficulty playing or doing leisure activities quietly.
-Still a lot of talking
-Often active


2) Impulsive behavior
-Always give complete answers before the questions raised
-Lack of patient and encounter problems when they queue
-Often interfere with or interrupt conversations or activities of others.
-Often make wrong judgments and prone to accidents



Valid Cause ADD or ADHD

1. Neurological factors
     imbalances or lack of neurotransmitter chemicals to help connect the messages through the brain to help a person focus, drive and monitor the activities of their motivation

2. Toxic factor
   - Lead poisoning in the blood serum of infants
   - Food additives - color additives and preservatives

3. Genetic factors
   - 25 percent to 35 percent of ADD or ADHD is genetically inherited by both parents or other relatives

4. Excessive sugar intake

5. Drugs and medicines in excess



The  Treatment

1. medications

It have been found to have some positive short term benefits in dealing with the symptoms of ADD & ADHD
But All of Them have potentially harmful side effects.
Standard and Poor medications Ritalin, Adderall and Concerta (banned in Canada).
Dexedrine is typically prescribed to patients who do not respond well to Ritalin.

Pharmacotherapy

    Methylphenidate (MPH).
    Desipramine.
    Dextroamphetamine.
    Pemoline.
    


2. Therapy

focusing more useful to their daily work and interaction with other children.Psychosocial treatment of ADHD has included a number of behavioral strategies such as contingency management such as those utilising; point/token reward systems, timeout, response cost. Clinical behavior therapy (parent, teacher, or both are taught to use contingency management procedures), and cognitive-behavioral treatment (e.g., self-monitoring, verbal self-instruction, problem-solving strategies, self-reinforcement). Cognitive-behavioral treatment has not been found to yield beneficial effects in children withADHD. In contrast, clinical behavior therapy, parent training, and contingency management have produced beneficial effects.




ADD & ADHD Diet

food allergies and nutritional deficiencies
Sugar
soft drinks
sugary cereals or
chocolate
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First, what NOT to eat for TWO WEEKS:

1) NO Dairy PRODUCTS, especially  cow's milk. This is the single most IMPORTANT restrictions. Instead try Almond milk, Rice milk, or Better Than Milk. Drink water instead of milk. In fact, drink lots of water. The brain is about 80% water, and increasing your water intake to 7 to 10 glasses per day might be helpful all by itself. Sodas, Gatorade, Teas,Ice's, etc., Do not count as water. Water counts as water.
2) NO YELLOW FOODS. Especially Corn or Squash. Bananas are white. Do not eat the peel.
3) NO JUNK FOODS. If it comes in a cellophane wrapper, do not eat it.
4) NO FRUIT juices. Too much sugar content. One small glass of apple juice has the sugar content of eight apples. Later on you can have juice, but dilute it with water 50/50.
5) CUT SUGAR INTAKE BY 90%. If you can, cut it down to zero. Sugar is in just about everything, but give it a try. Do your best without going crazy.
6) CUT BY 90% chocolate. No more than a single piece, once a week.
7) NO NutraSweet. None. Period.
8) NO processed MEATS and NO MSG. Only get meats with labels That say, "Turkey and Water," etc. If the meat has chemicals listed That you can not pronounce, do not buy it.
9) Fried FOODS CUT BY 90%.
10) AVOID FOOD COLORINGS WHENEVER POSSIBLE. See if your child is sensitive to any particular colors, such as Reds, Yellows, etc. For now, though, avoid all if possible.


Features by Age Level

Early child-

- A robust level of activity
- Talking is not stopping
- Difficulty focusing
- It's hard to play quietly or secretly
- Impulsive and easily distracted
- Low achievers in academics.


Middle Child-

- Restless extreme
- Difficult to sit in place
- Default in the work and do not update
- Failure to follow instructions
- Failed to create assignments
- Low in academic achievement.



Adolescent-

- Can not sit still and constantly feel impatient.
- Difficult to engage in any activity
- Is often forgetful and unable to concentrate
- No patient in the work
- Often involved in dangerous activities-Have low academic performance



Adult-

- Always restless and agitated and could not sit still
- Difficult to engage in activities such as sitting.
- Frequent changes from one activity to another activity which is not complete
- Often distracting.
- Often trying to escape from the tasks that have little spontaneous movement.
- Difficulty in communication
- Frequent changes in employment.
- Difficulty controlling anger
- Working memory is weak.


Usually also have other disorders.
26% have another MP (later development, autistic)
43% had mental problems and emotional distress.
20-40% of serious antisocial disorder
29-30%-dyslexic
Now the population of children with ADHD & ADD is estimated to exceed 7 million people worldwide


When we understand the problems due to those ADD and ADHD person we can understand why he is so finicky. so do not scold them
If what they have done is wrong. we must teach them to make things right.


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