subject: Clues For Identifying ADHD Symptoms According To Each Aspect Of The Condition [print this page] Clues For Identifying ADHD Symptoms According To Each Aspect Of The Condition
Children are, by nature, active little souls. They run, jump, and seem to move in a constant blur, especially when compared to most adults. Determining that a child has ADHD isn't always easy, at least during the first few years. Upon entering school, however, ADHD symptoms can become increasingly disruptive to both the child's learning and the classroom.
While there is a strong push to treat such symptoms with drugs these days, there are other options. However, it is important to be able to identify the symptoms of ADHD before you can develop an appropriate treatment plan.
Symptoms Change Over Time
For example, hyperactivity in a child may present as restlessness as an adult. Adults consistently have problems with relationships and employment, whereas children find it difficult to stay on task at school and complete assignments and may have few friends if they are particularly impulsive.
Following you will find a list of ADHD symptoms associated with each aspect of the disease:
Inattention is marked by:An inability to stay on task or complete activitiesProcrastinationFrequent shifts in conversation and difficulty listening to others, not keeping up with the details or rules of activities or social behaviorsDifficulty paying attention to details and a tendency to make careless errors in work or activities as well as generating work that is disorganized and carelessPoorly organized work habitsForgetfulness, even in routine activitiesConstant shifts from one activity to anotherHyperactivity presents as follows:A need to get up and walk around frequentlyAn inability to sit still, fidgeting and squirming when confined to a chairConstantly being on the goTalking excessivelyDifficulty playing quietly or getting involved in a quiet activity such as reading or board gamesInappropriate running, climbing or moving - in older individuals it appears as restlessnessImpulsivityAn individual with ADHD symptoms may present with some or all of these, and the combinations depend entirely on the variant of the condition. It can be difficult to pinpoint specific behaviors as one thing or another, but if a diagnosis of ADHD is reached, there are many options for treatment.Variants of ADHDThe condition popularly recognized as ADHD will include a combination of any and all of the symptoms listed above called combination ADHD. There are two other possibilities, predominantly Inattentive ADHD and predominantly Hyperactive ADHD. Each is treated somewhat differently, and fortunately there are many homeopathic remedies that can be chosen - and which have a good history of success.For parents who object to drugging their children indiscriminately, herbal supplements and homeopathic remedies offer alternatives. The drugs used to treat ADHD symptoms, Ritalin, Concerta, and Adderall, are all psychostimulants with powerful side effects. One non-stimulant medication has been approved for treatment, Strattera, but with only a few years of documented use it is hard to be certain what effects it has over the long term.Antidepressants have also been tried in the attempt to control ADHD symptoms, but success varies by individual. http://www.articlesbase.com/diseases-and-conditions-articles/clues-for-identifying-adhd-symptoms-according-to-each-aspect-of-the-condition-3672711.html
