Symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
ADHD is becoming quite common and is conservatively estimated that 3% to 5% of school age children are affected. There are some reports today that have suggested that this percentage be higher and closer to 10% to 18%.
This would mean that in affect, at least one child in every classroom has ADHD or ADD.
There is almost 60% of children with ADHD today that have it continuing into adulthood, meaning around 8 million of the U.S adult population has ADHD.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder normally appears before the child starts school. As early as toddler years, these children will be easily visible to others as behaving differently from other children their age. Once these children starts preschool or kindergarden, their teacher is more than likely to report to parents their observation and symptoms that they have noticed. There has been times when expulsion from preschool has been the first indicator that the child has ADHD.
Symptoms of ADHD must have been present for a minimum of six months and must be seen in more than one setting. These symptoms must be seen both commonly at school and home, but will also be displayed in restaurants, grocery stores, movie theatres and any place where it's not acceptable to be loud and active.
List of symptoms classifying ADHD/ADD
Babies
- Extreme restlessness, crying, poor sleep patterns
- Difficulty in feeding them
- They are constantly thirsty
- Throw frequent tantrums, head banging or 'rocking' the crib
Children
- Have poor concentration and short attention span
- Weak short term memory
- Normal to high IQ but they under perform at school
- Are physically active and always on the go
- Impulsive and fearless: they don't stop to think before speaking or acting
- Suffer from poor coordination, for example, when tying shoelaces, using a pencil or playing ball games
- Personality that is inflexible: uncooperative, defiant and disobedient
- Lack of self esteem: they have some problem when it comes to making friends
- Sleep and appetite problems. Not hungry and have problems sleeping through the night
Adults
- Suffer from similar symptoms that have remained with them since childhood
- Employment might be extremely difficult because of relationship problems and poor memory
- They have some antisocial behaviour that can often times lead to trouble with the law or substance abuse
This would mean that in affect, at least one child in every classroom has ADHD or ADD.
There is almost 60% of children with ADHD today that have it continuing into adulthood, meaning around 8 million of the U.S adult population has ADHD.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder normally appears before the child starts school. As early as toddler years, these children will be easily visible to others as behaving differently from other children their age. Once these children starts preschool or kindergarden, their teacher is more than likely to report to parents their observation and symptoms that they have noticed. There has been times when expulsion from preschool has been the first indicator that the child has ADHD.
Symptoms of ADHD must have been present for a minimum of six months and must be seen in more than one setting. These symptoms must be seen both commonly at school and home, but will also be displayed in restaurants, grocery stores, movie theatres and any place where it's not acceptable to be loud and active.
List of symptoms classifying ADHD/ADD
Babies
- Extreme restlessness, crying, poor sleep patterns
- Difficulty in feeding them
- They are constantly thirsty
- Throw frequent tantrums, head banging or 'rocking' the crib
Children
- Have poor concentration and short attention span
- Weak short term memory
- Normal to high IQ but they under perform at school
- Are physically active and always on the go
- Impulsive and fearless: they don't stop to think before speaking or acting
- Suffer from poor coordination, for example, when tying shoelaces, using a pencil or playing ball games
- Personality that is inflexible: uncooperative, defiant and disobedient
- Lack of self esteem: they have some problem when it comes to making friends
- Sleep and appetite problems. Not hungry and have problems sleeping through the night
Adults
- Suffer from similar symptoms that have remained with them since childhood
- Employment might be extremely difficult because of relationship problems and poor memory
- They have some antisocial behaviour that can often times lead to trouble with the law or substance abuse
Other Symptoms that can be associated with ADHD
The symptoms of ADHD alone is enough to make life very difficult for both child and parent. Because the ADHD child is so hard to manage, simply surviving each day can be a challenge.
Arguments occur when simply requests are ignored causing parents to resort to yelling in order to get their child to listen or complete simple tasks. From the child refusing to get out of bed in the morning to refusing to get back in at night, the day is filled with power struggles, crying, screaming and throwing tantrums at every available opportunity.
Reports sent home from school are a common occurrence where the ADHD child has become involved in some altercation resorting in physical fights with other children, been rejected from certain games, and from having no friends. For some, the ADHD child can be hard to satisfy and for some children no matter how much they are given it's never enough.
They are able to negotiate, argue, throw tantrums to get what they want and have the stamina that wears even the hardiest parent down. Parents at this point often throw the towel in and give in to gain some peace and harmony within their home, and are tempted to continue allowing many of the ADHD child's demands to go unchallenged, allowing the child to escape bedtime, chores and certain rules.
The daily negativity within the life of the ADHD/ADD child can lead many to suffer from sadness and low self esteem, and this also has the same effect on many parents too!
Learn a proven and effective method that is helping ADHD children become calmer, more focused and confident around the home and school - click here for the ADHD/ADD Natural Remedy Report, and start the step-by-step techniques you need to get your child back to loving themselves!
Arguments occur when simply requests are ignored causing parents to resort to yelling in order to get their child to listen or complete simple tasks. From the child refusing to get out of bed in the morning to refusing to get back in at night, the day is filled with power struggles, crying, screaming and throwing tantrums at every available opportunity.
Reports sent home from school are a common occurrence where the ADHD child has become involved in some altercation resorting in physical fights with other children, been rejected from certain games, and from having no friends. For some, the ADHD child can be hard to satisfy and for some children no matter how much they are given it's never enough.
They are able to negotiate, argue, throw tantrums to get what they want and have the stamina that wears even the hardiest parent down. Parents at this point often throw the towel in and give in to gain some peace and harmony within their home, and are tempted to continue allowing many of the ADHD child's demands to go unchallenged, allowing the child to escape bedtime, chores and certain rules.
The daily negativity within the life of the ADHD/ADD child can lead many to suffer from sadness and low self esteem, and this also has the same effect on many parents too!
Learn a proven and effective method that is helping ADHD children become calmer, more focused and confident around the home and school - click here for the ADHD/ADD Natural Remedy Report, and start the step-by-step techniques you need to get your child back to loving themselves!