What are the self-treatment methods for children with ADHD?

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is also a disease with a relatively high incidence rate. Many children will have inattention and hyperactivity, which is a manifestation of ADHD. The severity of the disease varies among children. When a child shows symptoms of ADHD, what we need to pay attention to is to go to the hospital with the child for timely examination and treatment. In addition, we must also pay attention to self-treatment during the treatment. Let’s take a look at what self-treatment methods are there for ADHD.

First, let the children watch less TV and surf the Internet less. Children with ADHD generally cannot concentrate for a long time when studying. They are always making small movements or their minds are wandering. However, they can concentrate for a long time when watching TV, especially TV commercials. In 2004, researchers from Seattle Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center in the United States studied the link between ADHD and television watching. The study showed that the more television children watched in preschool, the more obvious their attention deficits were when they were 7 years old. This conclusion was reported by several American media outlets. There are also many studies in China showing that watching TV for a long time will not only damage children's eyes, but also affect their future mental health development. Therefore, parents should limit the time that ADHD children watch TV and surf the Internet every day, generally controlling it to about half an hour a day, and the longest time should not exceed one class.

Second, arrange children's daily life reasonably, cultivate good living habits and learning habits for children, and follow regular schedules.

Third, train children's sensory integration ability. Studies have shown that about half of the children have soft signs of the neurological system, which are manifested as clumsy rapid alternating movements, uncoordinated ataxia, inability to walk in a straight line, difficulty standing with eyes closed, positive finger-to-nose test, and inflexible fine motor skills. Some children may have visual-motor disorders and spatial position perception disorders. Therefore, parents should also pay attention to training children's sensory integration abilities at home. The simplest ways include skipping rope, playing ball, swimming, etc. These exercises are simple and easy to perform, and the training effect is also very good. If the family's financial conditions permit, children can also participate in professional sensory integration training.

Fourth, pay attention to the care of your ADHD child and try not to catch a cold while taking medication. Generally, children's ADHD symptoms will worsen when they have a cold, fever, or are mentally stressed. Medication will not have the desired effect on children during a cold, so you can temporarily stop taking the medication and then resume taking it after the child has recovered from the cold.

Fifth, the health recovery of ADHD children must start with diet. There are many kinds of medicines for treating ADHD now, but for the long-term and more comprehensive health of children, we recommend the use of traditional Chinese medicine for treatment. Therefore, you also need to pay attention to your diet and avoid spicy foods such as onions, ginger, garlic, and peppers, and foods containing caffeine, pigments, and food additives. In addition, it is best not to eat puffed foods, cola drinks or some fast foods containing hormones that children often eat; let children eat less red meat such as pork, beef, sheep and dog, and eat more white meat such as chicken, duck, fish and shrimp; eat more fruits and vegetables, and drink more water. In addition, considering that some ADHD children have sleep problems, they can be allowed to drink a glass of milk before going to bed to help them normalize night sweats and sleep normally.

Through the above introduction, we now know what self-treatment methods are for children with ADHD. This is also a method of auxiliary treatment when children are treating ADHD. It has positive significance for the treatment of children's diseases. Especially during the treatment period, we should also pay attention to communicating more with children, especially to regulate children in many aspects of life and diet.