AD/HD Kits
Children with AD/HD
Does this sounds like your child?
- Does not pay attention to detail.
- Is often distracted even by insignificant sounds.
- Has trouble organizing self and finishing tasks.
- Often loses needed things.
- Is underachieving in school.
- Has trouble sitting still and fidgets with his hands and feet.
- Seems driven by a motor.
- Interrupts conversations of others and intrudes into activities of others.
- Avoids tasks that require sustained mental effort.
- Is frustrated from constant criticism at home and school.
- Has problems with interactions with other children including brothers and sisters.
Dr. Braccio's goal is to give information and tools to parents to help them and their children overcome the negative aspects of AD/HD and function as effectively as possible at home and school.
Estimates of children with AD/HD range from three to seven percent to even more. This means there is an average of one or more children with AD/HD in every classroom in America. Unfortunately, many of them have not been identified and many of them are struggling and developing poor academic skills and lower self-esteem on a daily basis.
Adults with AD/HD
Does this sound like you or someone you love?
- I am distracted by almost anything, even the slightest distractions.
- I keep jumping from one project to another and do not complete any of them.
- I feel my life is totally disorganized.
- I constantly fidget and move my hands and feet and cannot sit still.
- I constantly am told I do not pay attention when talked to or asked to do something.
- I regularly finish questions of other before they finish.
- I've never worked to my potential and my work history shows it.
- I often blurt out words and statements inappropriately.
- I feel others do not understand me and never have.
- I am frustrated by constant criticism of others.
Dr. Braccio's goal is to help you take control of the AD/HD that has so held you back in your life and help you help yourself. These programs can also help persons who feel their loved ones may have AD/HD.
General Information
Until the 1980s it was generally believed that children with AD/HD outgrew it during their teens. That is now known to not be true. While estimates vary, it is generally believed about 50% of children continue to have the symptoms then adults. Others have learned how to deal with their symptoms and have found careers that take advantage of their traits.
As Dr. Braccio regularly tells adults diagnosed in his office with AD/HD, they can be proud, regardless of how difficult their lives have been that they have had the will to learn to cope with their AD/HD symptoms and succeed at least to some degree. They often are emotional as they finally realize there is a cause for their problems that is not just a huge flaw in them. On the contrary, it is a condition that needs treatment.
Persons with AD/HD have problems controlling their behaviors. They often cannot finish tasks, blurt into conversations of others, answer questions before they are fully asked and get confused and overwhelmed quickly. They frustrate themselves and those around them.
Even though ADD and AD/HD are used interchangeable, the correct name for a diagnosis is AD/HD. The three primary characteristics of AD/HD are Inattention, Hyperactivity and Impulsivity. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Fourth Edition, (DSM-IV), used by psychologists and other mental health workers to determine diagnosis breaks AD/DH into the three following diagnoses:
- AD/HD, Predominately Inattentive Type
- AD/HD, Predominately Hyperactive-Impulsive Type
- AD/HD, Combined Type
There is no known cure but often counseling, medication or a combination of both can help relieve the symptoms and help the person be able to better control self and have a far more successful and satisfying life. There is no magic pill, but knowledge and hard work can lead to success for you as it has for countless others who were determined to take control of their AD/HD. Is your child next?
On a positive level, many persons with AD/HD have far more energy than others and are ready for immediate action. Because of their need for stimulation and excitement with an often contagious personality, many end up as very successful in business, sales and the military. The goal for the person is to use his or her unique AD/HD qualities to have a productive life versus one of frustration, academic underachievement, shattered personal and work relationships and often poor self-esteem.