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Children with ADHD - part2

Children  with  ADHD
· Environmental imbalances e.g. oxygen
As a fellow researcher, parent, guardian,content of environment, pollution, dust
nephew, uncle, carer I feel highlymites,  electromagnetic  radiation
uncomfortable with the labeling system that
has  become a natural part of most societies.· Physical imbalances e.g. restless leg
syndrome, improper breathing technique, lack
Let us start a fresh with Children with ADHD.of  exercise
Instead of labeling them as 'Children with
ADHD' why not call them 'Gifted', or· Sleep imbalance e.g. beta brain wave
'Talented' or 'Highly focused', orpredominance,  slow  to  enter deep sleep etc
'Impressively  able  to  multi  task'?
· Immune system imbalance e.g. having food
The perspective that you use to look at ADHDintolerances,  allergies  etc
will influence greatly your treatment of this
biochemical imbalance and also the results· Nutritional imbalance e.g. too much
that you are likely to get. Note that I usesugar  or  carbohydrates
the word biochemical imbalance instead of
dis-ease  or  disorder.  Let me clarify that.·  Water  imbalance  e.g.  dehydration
A dis-ease is defined by the Webster's· Nervous system imbalance e.g. more
dictionary as: a condition of the livingsympathetic compared with parasympathetic
animal or plant body or of one of its partsresponse
that impairs normal functioning. There are a
lot of implicit meanings of the word· Artificial food colouring, flavouring
dis-ease. It usually means that the personand  preservatives  overload
who is dis-eased is in some way or another
'not normal'. It implies that dis-easeYou will notice as you go through the list
requires some sort of treatment, and in thethat there are a lot of interconnections
medical world that usually means having tobetween the areas. The definitions are
take some form of medication. The word alsosomewhat arbitrary as the human body needs to
implies sickness (ill health) when childrenbe treated as a whole for any treatment to
with ADHD are apparently healthy except forwork. Neglect in any one area may be the
their  behaviours.triggering factor for inappropriate
behaviours.
Disorder is also a misnomer because children
with ADHD don't have really any part of themThe message for today is simply understand
that is 'out of order'. Their brain functionsthe basis upon which the imbalance is built
may be different from that of other people,and target that imbalance. Stop thinking that
they may be hypersensitive, easilychildren with ADHD are dis-eased. They are
distracted, act on impulse but you have tonot, they simply are more sensitive to their
remember that every body is built differentlyenvironment. One of my good friends called
and as such require very individual care. Sochildren with ADHD 'Canaries of the 21st
let us get the naming right, ADHD is at itscentury' this is because in the olden times
simplest a condition of biochemicalcanaries were used in mines to detect toxic
imbalance.fumes. Due to their small surface area to
volume ratio, the canaries would keel over
You can see how the use of language itselfwhen there were small amounts of toxic gas
can greatly change the way we understand aaround. In the 21st century, children with
condition as well as treat it. With regardsADHD might just be doing the same. Their
to children with ADHD, the treatment isbehaviour indicates to us that the
simply a balancing act (pardon the pun), aenvironment is becoming less and less
biochemical  balancing  act  if  you  will.hospitable and unless something is done, the
behavioural symptoms are only going to get
So what are the different systems that maybeworse.
imbalanced  in  children  with  ADHD?
How is the environment around your child?
Here  is  a  brief  listWhat can you do to improve it? You'll find
out  very  shortly.
· Brain chemicals also known as
neurotransmittersThank  you  for  reading.
· Parenting imbalances also known asIf you have any questions, simply write to me
miscommunicationat questions @ the adhd specialist .



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