When hyperactivity is mentioned, the first thing that comes to mind is; It is defined as a situation where the person cannot sit still, is very active and hasty, and is excessive compared to other children in his/her age and environment.
Although hyperactivity is not a learning disability, the brain has a different structure of biological and genetic origin, which hinders learning, is behavioral, impulsive and cannot sustain attention. function.
The hyperactivity adventure begins almost in the womb. The baby, which constantly rotates in the ultrasound images and moves just as it is about to pose, gives the mother a difficult time by kicking. Difficulty sleeping, crying a lot, and difficulty settling down are common after birth. When he starts walking, the process begins in which he runs from place to place as if the engine is stuck, wanders over the couch, table, chair, constantly falls and rises, leaves bruises everywhere, and deceives his parents or caregiver. In this process, it may intimidate the caregiver and even cause him/her to quit the job, and may also incur anger from the parents. Since it is a nightmare for guests, it leaves the family in a difficult situation and they begin to be excluded due to adaptation problems. Their very cute and sympathetic attitude now leads to glaring incompatibility and behavioral problems. Misunderstandings begin when communicating with friends. When he is six or seven years old, problems begin with his teachers and friends at school, being irritable, tense, impatient, stubborn, obsessive, talking too much, interfering when words are being said, seeming not to hear at all, mobility, impulsivity and distraction. As the intensity of the lesson increases, doing difficult homework, not being able to sit in class, constantly losing something, getting drenched in sweat due to running around, and getting sick begin.
Being more active than necessary, acting without thinking, paying attention to external stimuli and not paying attention to what needs to be done. Inability to concentrate brings with it some problems. These problems are situations such as falling behind in education life at school, deterioration in friendships, low self-confidence, being depressed and anxious.
Until school age, he was "very energetic, very active, very clumsy, very naughty, and then his father was like that too." The hyperactive child, who goes unnoticed by saying "it will get better after all, is a child", moves to a different area where he needs to adapt and perform with the start of school. Complaints about work also increase.
Those who cannot sit still while at school and want to go out and play, who seek stimulation by constantly giving tactile and verbal stimuli to their friends, who cannot understand the lesson due to the problem of not being able to pay attention to the lesson and cannot sustain it, who huff and puff because they are very bored. They are described as a misfit child who is constantly warned by their friends and teachers.
The parent meeting is very difficult and the following is usually said; “He talks a lot in class, he can't stop even if he stops, he distracts me, he doesn't pay attention to my warnings, I'm tired of giving punishments, his writing is very bad, homework is always incomplete, in fact, he is very smart if he listens to the lesson, he is very successful if he wants to, he answers the difficult questions in the exams, he makes mistakes in the easiest ones. He reads incorrectly and incompletely, does not pay attention, is in a hurry, his course success decreases day by day, and if he continues like this, he will fail the class." With adolescence, it becomes difficult to establish close relationships.
The hyperactive child's study ends before it starts due to his lack of mobility and attention. After a while, the parents' efforts come to the point of constant conflict with yelling, getting angry, and punishments.
The hyperactive child's mobility, even in his early years, is enough to tire the eyes of the audience, following him, protecting him against accidents, and keeping him in a high chair even to feed him. It becomes almost impossible.
When his unconscious, impulsive and uncontrolled behavior that pushes the limits of tolerance is not managed well, it also negatively affects his psychological development as a child who is always scolded, insulted and made to cry.
Of course, a hyperactive child. Only those who live know how challenging it is for children, especially for working parents. A hyperactive child who is left to his own devices and whose treatment is not attempted would be unfair to both himself and the relationships around him.
Hyperactivity is seen in an average of 3-5% of school-age children. Observations of both parents and teachers are very valuable in making a diagnosis. Hyperactivity is a disorder in which the flow of biochemical messages in the same region as attention deficit, namely the prefrontal area, which is the front part of the brain, is impaired. It develops with its consistency. Insufficiency occurs in this region, which has functions such as providing information flow, controlling impulsivity, planning, organizing thinking and acting, and establishing attention concentration.
The causes of hyperactivity have not yet been clearly revealed. It was found to be statistically significant that it was genetically transmitted from parents. It is thought that there is either a problem with the transmission of the substances responsible for the flow of information in the brain's message centers or an insufficiency. There are publications reporting that it also occurs after some diseases experienced in childhood. Congenital or acquired brain tissue damage may also cause hyperactivity.
Hyperactivity is more common in boys. While there is a significant decrease in hyperactivity from adolescence to young adulthood, there is not a sufficient decrease in the attention deficit associated with it. This carries attention problems in work and relationships and social behavior problems into adulthood. Antisocial behavior problems may include psychosocial development and communication deficiencies such as quarrelsomeness, ignorant boundaries, impulsive, random speech and behavior, problems in making friends and maintaining relationships.
Hyperactivity can cause other problems such as mental retardation, comprehension and learning difficulties. Impossible. But these diseases may also occur together. Of course, we cannot say that every active child is hyperactive. In other words, symptoms need to be evaluated in many areas and then a decision must be made.
Families have prejudices due to attention deficit and hyperactivity problems and information pollution. This causes them to be late in adapting to treatment, have insufficient foresight about the consequences of the disease, and become defensive. I am sure that if they get enough information from their psychiatrists and listen to the results of treatment and the results without treatment, it will be of great benefit. Because hyperactivity, like diseases that are a medical health problem, will definitely be taken into consideration how important attention, which is the eyes and ears of the brain, must be overcome with its effects in education, training and psychosocial areas.
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