| Did you know that almost 10 percent of children | | | | that you own. They are restless and often fidget |
| worldwide suffer from symptoms of Attention | | | | with the things that are nearest to them. They |
| Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder? Most of these | | | | can not sit still for more than a few seconds. It's |
| children are boys as ADHD is seen to affect | | | | like having your very own mini tornado rampaging |
| males up to four times more than it affects | | | | inside your house. |
| females. Almost half of these grow up to | | | | 3. Impulsiveness. Children with ADHD have trouble |
| adulthood with the signs and symptoms of ADHD. | | | | controlling their urges and often act out in |
| Doesn't that sound scary? ADHD is a lifetime | | | | inappropriate times such as during a mass, when |
| condition despite how people think that it can be | | | | in school or while you are grocery shopping. They |
| cured. The difference is that there are some | | | | would blurt out the first thoughts that come to |
| people who overcome ADHD by coping up with | | | | them even if it may seem that they are tactless. |
| the signs and symptoms effectively. They learn | | | | 4. Easy distractibility. When a child with ADHD is |
| how to respond in the appropriate manner to | | | | doing a task and something else catches his |
| different situations. But how do you know if your | | | | attention, he abandons the first task and moves |
| child is manifesting symptoms of ADHD? | | | | on to the next. It can be just a movement or the |
| There are characteristic symptoms of ADHD and | | | | sight of something new. He is easily distracted and |
| after reading this, you should be familiar with the | | | | has trouble concentrating on the tasks at hand. |
| most common ADHD symptoms. Familiarity with | | | | 5. Inability to adapt to changes. They do not like |
| these symptoms allows you to be able to find | | | | changes especially in their own home. They can |
| and treat the symptoms as early as possible. | | | | not adapt as easily to these changes and it often |
| Early treatment is said to facilitate the normal | | | | causes them to feel anxious and frustrated. |
| growth and development of children with ADHD. | | | | 6. Impaired management of time. They can not |
| Here are the most common ADHD symptoms | | | | manage their time properly and often move from |
| that can be observed in children aged 6 to 12 | | | | one task to another. They never seem to finish |
| years old: | | | | anything at all. |
| 1. Inattention. They may be described be | | | | 7. Emotional explosions. When they have strong |
| engrossed in their own world and are often | | | | emotions, they can not control it and it often |
| caught daydreaming. They have very short | | | | bursts out of them. They also have temper |
| attention spans and often they drift off to their | | | | tantrums and they will scream and yell to get |
| own thoughts instead of listening. They can not | | | | what they wanted. |
| stay at one task for a long time. | | | | There you have it, the most common ADHD |
| 2. Hyperactivity. ADHD is characterized by a high | | | | symptoms. Now that you have a good idea of |
| energy level that never seems to get depleted | | | | what the most common ADHD symptoms are, |
| even after your child has run laps around the | | | | the next step is to evaluate your child carefully |
| house and climbed every single tree and furniture | | | | and observe if he has any of these symptoms. |