Latest articles from Health and Medicine Info (http://www.health-n-medicine.info) http://www.health-n-medicine.info 2009-01-09T02:43:24+01:00 text/html 2007-11-13T12:50:56+01:00 http://www.health-n-medicine.info http://www.health-n-medicine.info/who-can-diagnose-adhd-a286.html <p>A lot of parents have questions about who to consult when they suspect their child might have ADHD. Who can diagnose? Who can treat? What's the difference between a psychiatrist and a psychologist?</p><p>Let's start with the last one first. A psyc text/html 2007-11-13T12:50:56+01:00 http://www.health-n-medicine.info http://www.health-n-medicine.info/an-illness-not-willfulness-a285.html <p>Your son is running through the house at 92 miles per hour (you've clocked him with a State Patrol radar gun) and won't stop. Yes, he has ADHD, you know this, but you've asked and then told him to stop, and you could really care less about ADHD. Y text/html 2007-11-13T12:50:56+01:00 http://www.health-n-medicine.info http://www.health-n-medicine.info/symptoms-of-adhd-hyperactivity-a284.html <p>"Hyperactive" has almost become a buzzword in our culture, but when we talk about ADHD, hyperactivity and impulsivity, we're talking about some very specific behaviors.</p><p>These include feeling restless, fidgeting, and squirming. ADHD kids (and text/html 2007-11-13T12:50:56+01:00 http://www.health-n-medicine.info http://www.health-n-medicine.info/is-your-child-lazy-a283.html <p>Having grown up with undiagnosed Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), I know how it feels to be labeled "lazy" when you're really just fighting ADHD and doing the best you can to fit your ADHD square peg into the round hole of life.</p text/html 2007-11-13T12:50:56+01:00 http://www.health-n-medicine.info http://www.health-n-medicine.info/is-it-really-adhd-a282.html <p>"But ADHD symptoms are just things everyone does." Have you heard this? If you haven't, keep listening. I'm sure you will soon, probably from someone who means well. And it is true that not everyone who is overly hyperactive, inattentive or impuls text/html 2007-11-13T12:50:56+01:00 http://www.health-n-medicine.info http://www.health-n-medicine.info/talking-to-your-adhd-a281.html <p>If your child has ADHD, talking to his teacher may be the most important thing you can do to help him function more effectively at school in spite of his ADHD, and maybe even because of the ADHD.</p><p>Most teachers want to help their students, an text/html 2007-11-13T12:50:56+01:00 http://www.health-n-medicine.info http://www.health-n-medicine.info/what-does-adhd-look-a280.html <p>Sometimes it's hard to know if your child has ADHD or is just a "normal kid." Below are some symptoms of ADHD, taken according to the National Institutes of Mental Health. If your child fits this profile AND you and your child are having difficult text/html 2007-11-13T12:50:56+01:00 http://www.health-n-medicine.info http://www.health-n-medicine.info/talking-to-your-adhd-a279.html <p>When my son was first diagnosed with ADHD and started medication, I was so caught up in the ADHD diagnosis and the treatment that I forgot to talk to him about what was going on. I started giving him medicine, and my precious, 7-year-old ADHD son text/html 2007-11-13T12:50:56+01:00 http://www.health-n-medicine.info http://www.health-n-medicine.info/adhd-treatment-what-are-a278.html <p>Do you know what you're hoping to get out of your ADHD child's treatment? Do you have a treatment plan that shows you how and why you're working on a specific ADHD problem?</p><p>There are several important goals to strive for in ADHD treatment. H text/html 2007-11-13T12:50:56+01:00 http://www.health-n-medicine.info http://www.health-n-medicine.info/am-i-abnormal-kids-a277.html When I first started giving my ADHD medications at about age 7, I didn't talk to him enough. He got really worried and asked, "Is something bad wrong with me?" That's when I realized that because ADHD kids are unusually bright and perceptive in many