As the ADS attention deficit disorder is called, includes the ADHD hyperactivity disorder. Ten percent of all children of AD (H) S affected or approximately 600,000 children in Germany, about four time more boys than girls. ADHD children act without control knows no borders and shoot with their impulses permanently beyond it. ADHD can be combined with learning problems as well as giftedness. Its positive aspects, these children just as impressive: it can be extremely charming, sensitive, creative and good-natured. The main symptoms of ADHD are attention deficit disorder, disorganization, impulsivity, emotional instability, hyperactivity. ADHD is not lost at puberty, as previously thought, ADHD occurs in children as a young man and as an adult it is affected.
Between three appearances can be distinguished:Predominantly inattentive type: This is mostly girls affected, they are easily distracted dream, to himself, but are not hyperactive.
Predominantly hyperactive-impulsive type: This is constant urge to move and uncontrolled actions. Once settled down, these children, however, concentrate well.
Mixed type: Here are all symptoms represented. This applies to most children, and almost all serious forms.
Common symptoms:
Attention deficit disorder: Due to a short attention span and easy distractibility are not games or tasks to the end. Often these children seem dreamy and absent-minded. Relationship problems, these children have serious problems with the recognition of authority and failed to permanently established rules. Despite a distinct behavior and lack of attention to the other make it difficult to contact with other children.
Lack of organization: children, desk, school bag look like a mess. For example an assignment at school they put up the wrong book. Tasks they perform under the greatest difficulty only at the last second. You cannot distinguish important from unimportant.
Impulsivity: mood swings, irritability and easy frustration lead to aggression and Wutsausbrüchen. There is a lack of control over one's feelings, the child says compulsive, what he thinks, without weighing up the situation. They interrupt conversations are impatient, cannot wait.
Learning disability: they are usually above average intelligence, yet they need unreasonably long time to solve problems. For example, they write words from wrong, hit the wrong sides, listening to instructions.
Negative self-assessment: assessing the children at their own performance is always negative, reinforcing feedback from the environment even with this evidence of good performance; they cannot feel you have done from internal forces.
Mood swings: Abrupt mood swings take place within a short time. High and low feelings are provoked by dangerous situations. Frustration compensates those affected by hot-tempered outbursts, and later with nicotine, alcohol and drugs.
Over activity: the agitation leads to striking frequent fidgeting, popping up from his chair and rummage for example, in the school bag. With purposeful movement do these children often clumsy, cannot maintain the balance, the movements appear angular. Insomnia is common. About 30 to 50 percent of children simultaneously have other abnormalities, such as disturbances of fine motor performance deficits, tics and Tourette's syndrome and problems in the area of sensory perception.
Common causes:
* Hereditary predisposition
* Food allergy and intolerance
* Nutrient deficiency in the brain
* Smoking in pregnancy
* Organic changes in the brain
* Smoking Household
* Stimulus overload
* Unrealistic self-image.
When you need a doctor.If you observe and other persons (e.g. parents, teachers) over a long period of these behaviors. Poor concentration and hyperactivity may also be reactions to temporary conflicts or special circumstances or are a lack of exercise. Note that is difficult for children today used to quickly diagnose ADHD, which does not have to vote in any case.
What can you do. * Recognize that you are not comfortable child to keep him still
* Recognize that your child is not to annoy you
* Treat yourself to recharge your batteries now and then a kind of free time for energy
* Stabilize first line yourself, so you can give your child the necessary support
* Put your child relatively close, and in any case clear limits
* Announce the consistency in crossing the established rules and boundaries (with older children, the consequences can be jointly determined)
* Pull the announced consequences of
* Non-flat rate (you're always ...)
* Give your child time to get used to adapt to new things and situations
* Provide a quiet place and quiet times for your child
* Keep a uniform education rules
* Avoid ranting and discussions
* If you teach your child safety
* Educate not around at every little thing
* Avoid impulsive rigor with spontaneous criminal threat
* Enter the structural support
* With rules, you help your child to self-control
* Praise them as much as possible, look for the positive aspects of your child
* Provide extensive movement
* Keep in contact with educators and teachers
* Your child under demand not demand, but not
From the natural medicine.
Valerian, lemon balm, hops, St. John's Wort as a tea, oil, drops or pills can help calm. Fragrance oils from oranges, lavender, jasmine and lemon balm can have a balancing effect (paradoxical reactions may occur in individual cases).
What your doctor can do. * Exclusion of other diseases such as hyperthyroidism, forms of epilepsy, intellectual deficit, distress signals
* A thorough physical examination
* Neurological examination
* Psychological Tests
Treatment.
* Drug therapy: It is mainly used the drug methylphenidate, which will be the children for about four hours calmer, less impulsive
* Family Therapy: learn how to best deal with your child
* Behavior Therapy: Your child learns systematically more favorable attitudes
* Self-instruction training: Older children learn to control themselves
* Music Therapy: Your child learns through the strategic use of music can reach something about themselves and together with the therapist to a positive change in behavior
* Relaxation techniques: learn your hyperactive child to relax yourself
* Nutrient therapy: Targeted relief and permanent supply missing nutrients, the symptoms of ADHD
* Tomatis Method: Through music and voice will promote the ability to listen and communicate
