What is the difference between hyperactivity and ADHD?

The child's psychological characteristics are competitiveness, curiosity, activity, imitativeness and imagination, with activity being the more prominent.

Some parents regard their children's activeness as being dishonest, naughty, and undisciplined, and they impose various restrictions on their active children. This practice goes against the psychological characteristics of children. A child who is active is a sign of high energy and good physical and mental health. Only children who suffer from malnutrition, severe anemia or other congenital diseases are not active. Being active is also a way for children to explore nature and society. They want to touch, move and look at everything they see, and ask all kinds of questions. They are curious about and do not understand the things around them. However, some parents mistake normal children's hyperactivity as "ADHD".

There are four main differences between normal hyperactivity and ADHD.

(1) Although normal active children also have difficulty concentrating, they can concentrate on things they are interested in and are rarely distracted; children with ADHD cannot do this.

(2) Although normal children may behave in a casual manner, such as making small movements in class or even making noises and fighting, they can control themselves when they realize that they must do so; however, children with ADHD cannot control themselves.

(3) Normal children are flexible and free when performing rapid, repetitive and rotating movements, while children with ADHD are clumsy.

(4) Central nervous system stimulants can cause excitement in normal children; however, after taking them, children with ADHD will quickly become quiet, less active, and their attention will be relatively focused. When they take sedatives, they become excited and hyperactive instead. Therefore, for suspected children, you might as well give them some coffee or strong tea. If the child does not have outstanding symptoms, parents are advised not to take the child to a mental hospital for treatment casually, otherwise it will give the child adverse psychological stimulation. Parents should also not casually say to the child "you have ADHD". Doing so will affect the child's intellectual development and increase the mental burden.