A Parents Guide to Treating Small Kids With ADHD
ADHD is always a difficult disorder to diagnose and treat, but it is even more so when you're dealing with small kids with ADHD.
Because children under the age of five are at a developmental stage where they are naturally exhibiting behaviours that would be signs of ADHD older children, it is particularly hard to draw a line between normal behaviour and ADHD.
In order to know whether or not you are dealing with small kids with ADHD, you need to know, first of all, what is normal for a younger child.
Here are a few things that might signal ADHD in an older child but which are normal in a child under the age of five:
Besides the issue of diagnosis, there is an issue of treatment for ADHD in small kids.
Many of the mainstream drugs that are prescribed to older kids with ADHD do not come in the right dosages for younger children, and the side effects on children under five are as yet to be researched.
If you think your toddler or preschooler may have ADHD and you are at your wit's end about what to do about it, there are a few options available to you that don't involve dangerous prescription drugs.
You can try behaviour therapy and dietary restrictions, and you can use a combination of safe, natural herbal supplements to alleviate the symptoms of ADHD.
At its core, ADHD is a problem in a child's brain chemistry.
Traditional drugs do not treat this problem; they only alleviate the symptoms.
If certain herbal supplements are used correctly, however, they can not only control the symptoms of ADHD in small kids, but they can also actually repair some of the brain chemistry issues.
If you're a little skeptical, just know that these supplements have proven to be effective in many scientific studies and anecdotal cases.
Not only do they work, though, but they are also completely safe and side-effect free.
This means that if you even suspect you are dealing with small kids with ADHD, you can begin an herbal supplement regimen when they are still too young to properly diagnose.
If the supplements help, you'll know first of all there's a good chance that your child has ADHD and secondly that the supplements are working to control it.
Really, you can't go wrong either way.
Because children under the age of five are at a developmental stage where they are naturally exhibiting behaviours that would be signs of ADHD older children, it is particularly hard to draw a line between normal behaviour and ADHD.
In order to know whether or not you are dealing with small kids with ADHD, you need to know, first of all, what is normal for a younger child.
Here are a few things that might signal ADHD in an older child but which are normal in a child under the age of five:
- Young children cannot concentrate on one task for more than a few minutes.
They cannot even watch a whole movie, which is why shows made for them last for less than half an hour. - Young children are easily distracted by noises, movement, and color.
- Young children cannot sit still for more than a few minutes at a time.
- Young children may act defiant or not listen sometimes.
This is why the "terrible twos" are considered normal.
- A child cannot concentrate on anything for more than a few seconds.
- A child cannot communicate well with his or her peers and may be easily frustrated.
- A child almost never listens and is practically uncontrollable.
- A child is extremely fidgety and cannot sit still at all.
Besides the issue of diagnosis, there is an issue of treatment for ADHD in small kids.
Many of the mainstream drugs that are prescribed to older kids with ADHD do not come in the right dosages for younger children, and the side effects on children under five are as yet to be researched.
If you think your toddler or preschooler may have ADHD and you are at your wit's end about what to do about it, there are a few options available to you that don't involve dangerous prescription drugs.
You can try behaviour therapy and dietary restrictions, and you can use a combination of safe, natural herbal supplements to alleviate the symptoms of ADHD.
At its core, ADHD is a problem in a child's brain chemistry.
Traditional drugs do not treat this problem; they only alleviate the symptoms.
If certain herbal supplements are used correctly, however, they can not only control the symptoms of ADHD in small kids, but they can also actually repair some of the brain chemistry issues.
If you're a little skeptical, just know that these supplements have proven to be effective in many scientific studies and anecdotal cases.
Not only do they work, though, but they are also completely safe and side-effect free.
This means that if you even suspect you are dealing with small kids with ADHD, you can begin an herbal supplement regimen when they are still too young to properly diagnose.
If the supplements help, you'll know first of all there's a good chance that your child has ADHD and secondly that the supplements are working to control it.
Really, you can't go wrong either way.
