What Are The Symptoms Of ADHD

ADHD enters into life right from the childhood even before child is seven. There are varied symptoms of ADHD, but all of them are classified under three core symptoms. Listed are these three core symptoms of ADHD.

• Inattention
• Impulsivity
• Hyperactivity

There are times when parents feel that there is no problem at home due to child because either the ADHD child is their only child and have no other child to compare with, or they have found out ways and means to handle their child’s behavior.

The presence of these symptoms is not enough to diagnose ADHD. In addition, their duration and frequency is also taken into consideration before concluding that the patient has ADHD. Listed below are the conditions that must exist and are necessary for the diagnosis of ADHD. The symptoms

• The symptoms must have been exhibited for six months at its minimum.
• The symptoms must be quite intense than expected according to the child’s age and intelligence (must be more than a busy tot)
• The symptoms have a negatively affect on at least two places, for instance, at home or school.
• The symptoms have been developed before the child is seven.
• The symptoms are not due to other medical conditions such as anxiety, depression, conduct disorder, or autism that overlap the symptoms of ADHD.

Inattention

Inattention refers to lack of concentration and low span of attention that makes it difficult to perform or achieve something. Listed below are the ADHD symptoms placed under this category.

• Paying poor attention to explanations
• Making careless mistakes in homework and daily activities
• Feeling difficult to maintain attention
• Seeming not listening while speaking on a one-to-one basis
• Failing to follow instructions
• Failing to complete an assigned task
• Feeling difficult in organizing tasks and activities
• Disliking tasks wherein sustained mental focus is necessary
• Forgetting things required for tasks or activities
• Getting distracted easily
• Forgetting things while performing a task or activity

Impact on Social Relationships and Self-esteem

The child might make silly mistakes, forget the game rules, answers meaninglessly, and forget what to do next when being in a group with other children. So, other children would ignore such an ADHD child, would never want him/her in their team, and would bully him/her on the ground or in park. Due to this, the child starts feeling that he/she is useless, which in turn, lowers his/her self-esteem. As a result, he/she need lots of support and assurance for boosting self-confidence.

Impact on Parents

Your child might misplace things, forgets things, does not answer, spoil the task; which all can be frustrating. Initially, you yell at your child and even give her negative comments. Afterwards, you end up feeling guilty, as you realize when you cool down that it was not the fault of your child. This is because it was not intentionally done.

Impact on Education

Your child would feel it difficult to remember concepts, principles, and rules. He/She would also feel difficult to write, present properly, confused by different teachers in different lectures, or do two tasks simultaneously. Due to inattention, it is further tough for him/her to organize things and do homework.

Due to the above problems, your child cannot perform up to its fullest and would acquire low marks or grades, might even fail in exams, and might not even like to go to school or spend very less time there.

Impulsivity

Impulsivity refers to the state of being restless and hotheaded. Listed below are the ADHD symptoms placed under this category.

• Bursting out the answers, not even waiting for the question to complete
• Failing to await his/her turn when in group or play
• Interrupts others or interfere with others

Impact on Social Relationships and Self-esteem

If your child is highly impulsive, then he/she might speak without any prior thinking and interfere in the games of others. In addition, the child tends to change moods so frequently that others cannot make out what he/she will do next and burst out if frustrated.

Such behaviors will make her socially inept and therefore, he/she might start to feel rejected. Not only this, others will further take advantage of your child’s aggravated state and ignite him/her by bullying and pushing. This will further make your child aggressive. Repetition of such instances obviously results in low self-esteem of your child.

The worst part of this is that your child can be easily inclined towards alcohol, drugs, and other such addictive substances. This is because your child cannot think before acting and until the time he/she understands, it is already too late.

To overcome all these situations, the only need is of constant monitoring, counseling, and true unconditional love towards your child.

Impact on Parents

Your child tends to speak in such a manner that it might hurt or embarrass you. The fact that he/she is unable to wait for anything will lead into frequent interruption such that it might become intolerable for you. This can strain your relationship.

Calm, steadiness, patience, and true unconditional love are the sweet medicines for your child.

Impact on Education

One common behavior with regards to impulsivity is that your child interrupts frequently when the teacher teaches and tends to burst out with the answers. This applies brakes to his/her knowledge and understanding that results in low marks in tests. This will make her go down the progress line, which can further motivate her to burst with the answers even more.

Hyperactive

Listed below are the ADHD symptoms placed under this category.

• Fidgeting with hands or feet
• Fidgeting on the seat
• Leaving the seat frequently in the classroom
• Runs about excessively
• Feels difficult to playing quietly
• Talks too much

Impact on Social Relationships and Self-esteem

• Goes on and on about a topic
• Takes over a conversation
• Acts silly in a group in desire to obtain attention
• Damages other children’s belongings without any reason
• Hurts other children
• Lacks motor skills (for example, cannot throw a ball)

Following are the effects of the above behaviors.

• Makes him/her bossy, silly, clumsy, and rough to others
• Makes him/her appear the reason due to which the team will loss the game
• Becomes an entity of rejection and ignorance by others
• Reduces self-esteem of the child
• Forces him/her to bully to avoid being bullied

Impact on Parents

It might be wearing for you to keep looking after your child for his/her safety. Further, you might worry that it is my mistake due to which my child’s behavior is not as that of the other children.

If your child hurts you or damage some items, you might be just frustrated and yell at him like anything. Everything is likely to worsen your relationship with the child.

Impact on Education

Due to fidgeting, your child can miss new things and can become impatient to behave with teachers. This would result in stagnant knowledge that can affect the overall growth and development.

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