What medicine is good for children with ADHD?

ADHD is a common disease. Many children usually suffer from ADHD. Parents are also very anxious. If the baby suffers from ADHD, it will cause great harm to the baby's healthy growth. Therefore, parents should pay attention to the disease of ADHD. If the baby's physical abnormality is found, the baby must be taken for timely treatment. So what medicine is good for children with ADHD?

ADHD is a self-limiting disease in children that disappears naturally with age. Scholars have found through long-term follow-up observations that: (1) Only some children with ADHD can recover on their own, while the symptoms of most children may continue into adulthood. (2) There may be significant differences in efficacy and prognosis between treatment and non-treatment, and between early treatment and late treatment. Therefore, the current consensus is that ADHD should be treated early and with comprehensive treatment. Parents and teachers should have a unified understanding of the following points: First, children with ADHD are pathological and should not be discriminated against or beaten or scolded, so as not to aggravate the child's mental trauma. Second, children with ADHD must be treated with medication, but medication cannot replace education. Medication can provide good conditions for education, and the effects and side effects of medication should be correctly understood. Third, to achieve good therapeutic effects, the four parties (children, parents, teachers, and doctors) must cooperate with each other. Medication treatment:

Most experts believe that Ritalin is very effective in treating ADHD in children. It can help children focus and relieve symptoms of excessive activity, thereby improving their behavior. As their behavior improves, their academic performance will also improve.

Improve, with emotional stability, conflicts with classmates will also decrease. Therefore, the drug also indirectly promotes the psychological development of children. However, the only disadvantage of Ritalin is that it cannot eradicate the disease and can only be taken for a long time. Ritalin 10mg per tablet, 1 tablet every morning, after meals, if the effect is not obvious after taking it for a period of time, it can be increased as appropriate. The effective dose of the drug varies from person to person. Parents should contact the teacher frequently and observe closely.

Reactions, explore its effective dose. If there are symptoms such as loss of appetite, dizziness, insomnia, etc., parents do not need to panic, and can slightly reduce the dosage. After 2-3 weeks, the child will adapt and the reaction will disappear. To avoid drug resistance, you can not take the medicine on Sundays, holidays and when you are not studying. You can also stop taking the medicine during winter and summer vacations. However, if you need to study and do homework on holidays, you can take Ritalin half an hour before studying. Ritalin can only last for 4-6 hours after taking it once. Therefore, it must be taken for a long time to be effective. If you stop taking it at will, the symptoms will reappear. According to different personal situations, it can be taken for 1-5 years, but as age increases and the situation improves, the dosage can be gradually reduced until it is stopped.

After reading the article, everyone should understand the methods of drug treatment for children with ADHD. When parents use drugs to treat their children, they should also divert the children's attention from other aspects and learn more about some relevant knowledge about ADHD. This will enable them to better help care for their babies and help them recover their health as soon as possible.