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  • How Do Parenting Help In Treating ADHD
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    How Do Parenting Help In Treating ADHD
    ADHD is a long-term disorder that starts before the age of seven and can continue to show its effects through symptoms even in the teenage years. As ADHD leads to bad behavior, low attention span, hyperactiveness, and impulsivity; it has a critical impact on the relationships with your parents, siblings, family members, and friends. At this phase of life, the child suffering from ADHD actually needs care and support from these relationships, especially from parents, instead of hatred, frustration, and ignorance. A child spends almost 50 percent of the day’s time with parents. A child with ADHD behaves inconsistently, i.e. what he/she does today while facing a situation might not be done the next time. Therefore, as a parent, you need to keep on experimenting the different tricks and techniques that is quite effective for your child. Parenting  [...]
    Posted at November 27th, 2009 | ADHD
  • What Can I Do For My ADHD Affected Child When At Secondary School
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    What Can I Do For My ADHD Affected Child When At Secondary School
    As a child gets older and spreads its wings, he/she is expected to be responsible for the behavior, decisions, and activities. So, is the case with the shift from the primary to secondary school. In the secondary section, the child is expected to possess more learning and developmental skills, concentrate in the class, be disciplined, and behave wisely. On the same lines, the problems of an ADHD child are similar even in the secondary school. So, the problems of ADHD decelerate the increasing expectations of maturity, growth, and development. Not only this, but the advent of the secondary school brings additional problematic situations for the ADHD child that can make it complicated for him/her to cope with its prevailing difficulties. These situations include increased number of subjects and teachers and more courses and exams. Despite  [...]
    Posted at November 27th, 2009 | ADHD
  • What Do I Do If I Suspect That My Child Might Have ADHD
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    What Do I Do If I Suspect That My Child Might Have ADHD
    What makes you feel that your child might have ADHD? Is it that your child has seriously low attention span or is very depressive or aggressive even when it is not his/her age to be so? Has the performance in school suddenly gone down the expected line? Has your child lost self-confidence and stability? If your answer to the above questions is yes, your suspicion might be right! ADHD is a long-term medical disorder that might continue to prevail even in adulthood. This might create difficulties at college and workplace too. According to a research, 60 percent of victims carry ADHD even in adulthood. However, despite this fact, some children do come out of it before they enter their adulthood. The first step is to consult your GP in case you suspect that your child is the victim of ADHD. Next, are the school and medical specialists  [...]
    Posted at November 26th, 2009 | ADHD
  • Is Methylphenidate An Appropriate Medicine For ADHD?
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    Is Methylphenidate An Appropriate Medicine For ADHD?
    Methylphenidate is a stimulant medication that aids in controlling the symptoms of ADHD. Only children who are at least six years of age and above are suitable for this medicine. Currently, in U.K., six branded and one unbranded forms of methylphenidate are currently available. In these forms, methylphenidate is an active ingredient of release in the body after the intake. These seven forms are: Concerta XL by Janssen-Cilag Ritalin by Novartis Equasym and Equasym XL by UCB Pharma Medikinet and Medikinet XL by Flynn Pharma Generic methylphenidate (unbranded) The Dos and Don’ts Each human is physically different and so is its response to different medicines. This means that if a medicine is suitable for a child having ADHD, it would be wrong to think that the same medicine will be appropriate for other child having ADHD. Not only  [...]
    Posted at November 25th, 2009 | ADHD
  • How Do ADHD Affect Relationships
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    How Do ADHD Affect Relationships
    ADHD is a long-term disorder that starts before the age of seven and can continue to show its effects through symptoms even in the teenage years. As ADHD leads to bad behavior, low attention span, hyperactiveness, and impulsivity; it has a critical impact on the relationships with your parents, siblings, family members, friends, and partner. At this point of time, the person suffering from ADHD actually needs care and support from these relationships, instead of hatred and ignorance. Otherwise, the relationships would be strained, which is more likely to result in comparatively intensified symptoms of ADHD. Impact on the Relationship with Parents When children grow up and enter their teenage years, they are of the opinion that they are now capable of doing any task due to the feeling of been grown up. On the other side, the parents  [...]
    Posted at November 25th, 2009 | ADHD
  • What Medications Are Available For Treating ADHD
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    What Medications Are Available For Treating ADHD
    ADHD medications play an important role in controlling the symptoms of ADHD. Currently, in U.K., only three types of medicines are available for treating ADHD. These medicines are categorized based on the active ingredient present in it. Listed below are these three types of medicines. Methylphenidate as Active Includes the following stimulant branded medicines: Concerta XL Equasym Equasym XL Medikinet Medikinet XL Ritalin Dexamfetamine as Active Includes only stimulant medicines and currently, there is only one medicine in this category called Dexedrine. Atomoxetine as Active (since May 2004) Includes only non-stimulant medicines and currently, there is only one medicine in this category called Strattera. Methylphenidate and dexamfetamine, as ‘stimulant medicines’, are useful in treating ADHD in children. This has  [...]
    Posted at November 25th, 2009 | ADHD
  • Can ADHD Continue Even In Adulthood
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    Can ADHD Continue Even In Adulthood
    ADHD is actually a long-term disorder that might spread its wings even in adulthood. Previously, medical experts were of the opinion that children would come out of ADHD, as they grow up and become adults. In contradiction to this, due to recent studies and real evidences, it has been accepted that ADHD might even continue in adulthood. However, this is not applicable for all children having ADHD. According to a research, approximately 60 percent of children continue to suffer from ADHD even in their adulthood. This late recognition of adult ADHD has disclosed the fact that several adults have been still undiagnosed and yet they are to be made aware of their symptoms and behaviors, which are actually the real indicators of an unwanted health condition. According to a recent study, in U.K., 2-4 percent of adults might have ADHD, out  [...]
    Posted at November 25th, 2009 | ADHD
  • What Can I Do For My ADHD Affected Child When At School
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    What Can I Do For My ADHD Affected Child When At School
    At school, a child needs to listen to what the teacher speaks with concentration, remember things, and perform activities successfully. However, this is difficult for a child who is having ADHD. Further, his/her actions or response will be without any prior thinking. Actually, you cannot predict the behavior of such a child; he/she might do something today, but might not be able to the same the next day. So, such a child needs special care and attention to help in coping up with such a behavior. The ideal things for your child at school are: Regularity Praise not too much, but do so frequently Working with someone on similar academic and maturity levels Seat available ahead of the class facing the wall or with positive roles besides it that helps in being less distractive Help for Medications at School If your doctor prescribes  [...]
    Posted at November 25th, 2009 | ADHD
  • How Is ADHD Diagnosed In Children
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    How Is ADHD Diagnosed In Children
    The key to the diagnosis of ADHD in children is the comprehensive assessment of the child suffering from ADHD. However, only a medical professional who have taken proper training should do the diagnosis. It is recommended that this professional should be a child or adolescent psychiatrist or a pediatrician who has the knowledge of ADHD. This is because this is not a simple diagnosis wherein a test will detect the presence of ADHD, rather a physical and mental assessment of a child that needs to be done carefully in detail to get the most accurate information about the child’s behavior. A specialist will obtain the necessary information from the child’ parents and school reports. Questions to the Parents A specialist will ask certain questions regarding your child. Listed below are the topics on which parents will be questioned. Child’s  [...]
    Posted at November 25th, 2009 | ADHD
  • Am I Suffering From ADHD
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    Am I Suffering From ADHD
    Most of the times, we adults, never comprehend that the persisting problems at home, office, and with relationships can be due to a medical condition or a disorder. Unfortunately, the same state of disorder is also passed on to the children. It is at this stage that adults, who are parents, are also diagnosed as having ADHD. According to a research, it is predicted that ADHD symptoms exist even in adulthood for approximately 60 percent of the people who had ADHD symptoms in childhood. If ADHD is left untreated, it affects your life in the following way. Job chances are rare. Involvement in antisocial activities and substance misuse increases. Relationships are unbalanced. Existence of co-conditions, additional medical disorders that influence the mood and behavior such as, depression or anxiety is usual. If you as a parent are  [...]
    Posted at November 24th, 2009 | ADHD
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