PEDIATRIC ADHD

Types

ADHD has three types:

• Inattentive type
• Hyperactive-impulsive type
• Combination type

Symptoms will help identify which type of ADHD your child may have. To be diagnosed with ADHD, these signs and symptoms should influence your everyday living.

Symptoms can transform over time, so the type of ADHD your child may have may change, too. ADHD could be a lifetime problem. But medications and other remedies can improve quality of life.

Symptoms

Symptoms of ADHD may include the following:

• Inattentiveness or getting distracted, having poor concentration and organizational problems
• Impulsivity or interrupting, taking dangers
• Hyperactivity, always talking and fidgeting, difficulties in keeping tasks
• Pass over significant points and are distracted easily
• Lose interest quickly
• Have trouble focusing on an idea
• Have concerns in organizing ideas and learning new things
• Lose pencils, papers, or different items needed to start a project
• Don’t appear to concentrate well
• Move sluggishly and appear as if they’re in a dream
• Moves more dangerously than others
• Have difficulties following instructions
• Wriggle, play, or feel restless
• Have trouble sitting
• Touch and play with objects, even when unfitting, and have trouble doing quiet tasks
• Are regularly on the go
• Are impatient
• Blurt out answers and inappropriate feedback

Diagnosis

A child should show at least six of the nine foremost signs for ADHD. To be acknowledged with mixed ADHD, you must display at least six symptoms of inattentiveness and hyperactive-impulsive behavior. The behaviors should be disruptive to everyday life for a minimum of six months.

A child’s symptoms ought to show before 12 years of age. An early diagnosis may just reveal one type of ADHD. But symptoms can vary over time.

Medications/Treatment

After you’ve been diagnosed, there are many treatment options that are available. The aim of treatment is to regulate ADHD symptoms and to encourage constructive behaviors.

Your doctor may suggest behavioral therapy before starting any medicinal drugs. Treatment can help people with ADHD substitute inappropriate behaviors with new behaviors. It can also support them in finding ways to control feelings.

Children below the age of 6 may start with behavior therapy and no medicines. Children who are 6 years old and above may have improvement from a combination of behavioral therapy and medicines.

There are two forms of ADHD drugs.

• Stimulants are probably the most commonly prescribed medications. They are fast-acting and between 70 to 80 % of children have fewer symptoms when on these drugs.
• Nonstimulants don’t work as quickly to alleviate ADHD symptoms, but their effects can last for 24 hours.