Understanding Hyperactivity Causes And Diagnoses
Abnormality in children and adults gets manifest in a strange
manner. It is a discernible act sometimes and subtle at others.
Children could be over active adding to the nuisance that is
already present. They could be under active or lethargic, giving
rise to concern and anxiety on the part on parents, guardians
and other well wishers. All this gets covered under the term
hyperactivity, an area in psychology that has assumed great
importance in parenting, counseling, child mentality and things
of like.
Attention deficit disorder or ADHD, commonly known as
hyperactivity, is thought of differently by child psychologists.
Problems coming under this area are myriad with each child
becoming a test case, so to say. So there is no unique solution
or universal therapy. Experts are often divided on the ways to
handle a child affected by ADHD. However, there are general tips
and advices arising out of experiences that would go well with
child handling.
It is a misconception to entertain that children affected by
ADHD are bad, lazy, stupid, problem creator or a menace to the
general set of things. These children are normal in the
conventional sense of the term, only that the level of
adrenaline varies with that in children indulging in usual
behavior, which could be high or low. There get noticed in
children when they are young in the pre-school stage, but this
need not be always so.
Swings of behavior range from inattention, slow grasping power,
a feelings of unconcern, apparent insensitivity, difficulty in
expressing or comprehending to distraction, forgetfulness,
disorganization, fidgety, display of over-smartness, poor
concentration, restlessness, impatient, impulsive, hastiness, to
name a few.
When such tendencies are not momentary but are recurrent in
nature, then this would be the time for parents, teachers and
doctors to sit up and chalk out an action plan. However, it
needs to be considered that ADHD or behavior akin to it that is
slowly by children are normal ones that might last till a
certain stage and then get reduced or vanish as the child
matures. Moreover, doctors need to ascertain other illness
suffered or treatments undergone by the child undergone by the
child that may have caused hyperactivity. So that children are
on a steady course of medication and treatment.
Children affected by hyperactivity get along well most of the
times with their playmates and peers. They are liked, accepted
and at times tolerated. Some children behave differently in
different settings. A child who is subdued in school could be
boisterous at home.
Hyperactivity is caused in children genetically or due to
sociological factors relating to the child's upbringing and
parenting. But what need to be dwelt are children affected by
hyperactivity or ADHD can be handled with tact that needs love,
patience, kindness, tenderness, understanding, counseling and
plenty of moral support.
Harshness, rigidity and hardened treatment would only backfire
and become counter-productive. The ability to gel with children
affected by ADHD is not acquired over-night but gets cultivated
in due course of time. So the hype about hyperactivity in
children is ill-founded. With pathological and psychological
treatment, hyperactivity is surmountable. Forbearance, patience,
love and kindness are called for.