Children With ADHD

A Child with ADHD is hard to Grow up with and Live with Daily.
According to Carl Tishler, PhD, an adjunct association psychology professor at The Ohio State University, the rate of children on medications are high in American children than any other country in the world, the study shows, and there are no long-term data on the effects of these medications on child development. The purpose of this paper is to describe ADHD in children.
History of treatment
ADHD date to the Grecian Age. Opium used to be prescribed to colicky infants. In 1918 researchers found that after a severe outbreak of encephalitis caused problems of attention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity in children who had encephalitis. Children who had brain damage differentiate
the hyperactive child. But later it was reported that only a small number of children suffered from brain damage. After children was prescribed amphetamine Benzedrine to treat headaches was discovered that children’s behavior changed and performance at school had improved. It was also blamed on poor parenting and that children needed more discipline from the parents when the child was not listening and getting distracted. In 1955, the first medication called Ritalin was discovered. Adderall was discovered in 1996 and was FDA approved. The first non-stimulant drug was FDA approved in 2003 and was called Strattera. Strattera was first used only for adults. Also, in 2003, there was a report of 4.4 million children between the ages of 4 to 17 that had been diagnosed with ADHD.
Current Treatment1
Some doctors are recommending behavioral therapy and medications together. While some doctors prefer behavioral therapy before adding medications. Behavioral therapy is recommended for children ages 4-5 years old. Some of the medications used to treat ADHD is methylphenidate, dexmethylphenidate, mixed amphetamine salts, and lisdexamfetamine dimesylate. Children that cannot tolerate the stimulant medications have other options such as modafinil and reboxetine.
Future Treatment.
In the future, there will be a gaming environment that stops the player from playing anymore should they get distracted from the game. The child will wear an EEG headband that monitors the brain activity while playing a game. The game will get faster and the patient pays more attention to the game and does not get distracted. The EEG headband has showed a lot of impressive results. The purpose of this test is not just to help with ADHD but it could help anyone wanting to improve their ability to be able to pay attention for longer amounts of time. There is also a study to have a longer acting medicine for Adderall XR.
Side Effects.
There are many different side effects to medications for ADHD. Some side effects include headache, trouble sleeping, upset stomach, nervousness, irritability, weight loss, and dry mouth. Some other side effects that are rare is hallucinations, increased blood pressure, allergic reactions, and suicidal thoughts or actions. Non-stimulant drugs have side effects such as seizures. Delayed growth, decreased appetite, and tics are some other side effects. If a child is having trouble sleeping it could be that the last dose of the day could be given to late in the day and it has not had time to wear off in time for bed. Decreased appetite could be that the medicine starts working about 4 hours after taken. So, encourage the child to eat when they feel hungry; the child may just eat breakfast and supper where it’s before that medicine has started working and after it has worn off.
Self Esteem.
ITIAS is a self-report scale is to reflect a children’s self-esteem. This report has 72 items making up five scales such as physical appearance, scholastic competence, mental well-being, relationship to parents, and relationship to others. Telling a child to stop talking and stop moving may make the child feel like they are always doing something wrong and could lead to lower self-esteem. A child may express his/her self-esteem through their behavior or even listen to how they talk about themselves. If they say things like I’m stupid, everybody hates me, I’m not good at anything, or I’m ugly. Then that child is revealing they have very low self-esteem. If a child has a low self-esteem then a teacher can help by having a no-teasing rule in the classroom, giving praise for effort, assigning the child a special job to help them feel important, reading stories to the class that teach empathy and promote kindness, create a “you’re a star” program for students to write compliments on a paper star, or give a weekly “friendship award” to one student who exhibits true friendship.
Growing up with ADHD
Children who go into high school have a tendency of dropping out and earning a poverty income.
The rate of children dropping out is around 18 percent of children who have ADHD. If a child had a problem in school with ADHD then it is more than likely to show up on the job. A child growing up with ADHD is at risk for having Antisocial Personality Disorder. I have a child with ADHD. It is a struggle everyday with her. When I first noticed something was wrong, I was going over spelling words with her and she would not sit still long enough to spell the words. She had to be moving or doing something with her hands. I talked with her father and he said he had thought the same thing but did not want to say anything. So I then talked with her pediatrician about it. She sent home a paper with me to have her teacher fill out. When I talked to her teacher about how she was in school. Her teacher said she really did not have a problem with her sitting still, may be a few times but nothing to major to worry about. I went back and told her pediatrician what the teacher and I had talked about. She is now on medication for ADHD only after school hours to help her concentrate on homework. I do not give her the medicine on weekends. That is her time to be a child and not worry about having to take medicine to calm down. She needs to be outside running around and playing with her
friends.