CANDACE CAMPOS AND TRAFFIC SAFETY EXPERT TROOPER STEVE, THIS IS NEWS 6 AT 09:00AM
GETTING RESULTS MORE THAN A
YEAR INTO WORKING OR LEARNING
FROM HOME. YOU LIKELY KNOW BY
NOW OF COMPLETING TASKS
PERSONALLY IS EASIER FOR YOU
OR MORE DIFFICULT WORKING FROM
HOME HAS ITS PERKS AS WELL ITS
DRAWBACKS, ESPECIALLY
DISTRACTIONS.
>> CANDACE: FOR THOSE WHO
ALREADY STRUGGLE WITH FOCUSING
INCLUDING THOSE WITH ADHD. IF
YOU OR YOUR CHILD IS HAVING A
HARD TIME FOCUSING. SHOULD YOU
SPEAK WITH YOUR CARE PROVIDER
ABOUT POSSIBLE ADHD DIAGNOSIS.
CLICK ORLANDO, DOT COMS RAN
DOUBLES IS STANDING BY NOW TO
ASK A DOCTOR.
>> ASK A DOCTOR IS SPONSORED
BY CAN BE PRIMARY CARE FOR
SENIORS.
>> CANDACE: ATTENTION DEFICIT.
HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER CAN
PRESENT ITSELF IN SEVERAL
DIFFERENT WAYS IN BOTH
CHILDREN AND ADULTS. NOW,
ACCORDING TO DOCTOR DHAR SHAW,
A PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENT AT
OSCEOLA REGIONAL MEDICAL
CENTER WHICH SYMPTOMS SOMEONE
HAS AND THE OBSTACLES THEY
FACE BECAUSE OF THEM DEPEND ON
THE TYPE OF ADHD THEY MIGHT
HAVE.
>> JULIE: SO FOR INSTANCE, YOU
CAN HAVE YOUR INTENDED SUB TIE
IN WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL MAY
STRUGGLE WITH STAYING ON TASK.
MANAGING MULTIPLE TASKS OR B
COME EASILY DISTRACTED BY
THEIR STIMULI. JUST TO NAME A
FEW. AND IN THE HYPERACTIVE
SLASH IMPULSIVE SOME TIME AND
INDIVIDUAL MAY FEEL AS IF
THEY’RE RUNNING IS PART OF A
MOTOR. HAVE DIFFICULTY STAYING
STILL FEEL IT MIGHT EVEN BE A
CHILD. THE WORDS HELP THE
ANSWERS IN A CLASSROOM BEFORE
BEING CALLED UPON. AND SO WHEN
WE MAKE THAT DIAGNOSIS, WE
LOOK AT WHAT THE CHILD IS
EXHIBITING SYMPTOMS MORE SO
THAN ANY OTHER. WHEN WE LOOK
AT THE SOMETIMES. OR THEY MAY
PRESENT WITH A COMBINED
PRESENTATION.
>> CANDACE: ACCORDING TO THE
CDC HYPER ACTIVITY IN ADULTS
CAN APPEAR MORE AS EXTREME
RESTLESSNESS OR EVEN WEARING
OTHERS OUT WITH THEIR OWN
ACTIVITY. AND WHILE IT’S
POSSIBLE TO BE DIAGNOSED WITH
ADHD FOR THE FIRST TIME AS AN
ADULT DOCTOR SHAH SAYS THE
FIRST SYMPTOMS ARE USUALLY
SEEN BEFORE THE AGE OF 12.
>> AND SO IN A LOT OF MY HIGH
FUNCTIONING ADULT WHO COME TO
OUTPATIENT CLINIC, FOR COME UP
WITH COMPENSATORY BEHAVIORS.
SO THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO
MANAGED TO YOU. SORT OF THING.
INTEGRATE THESE BEHAVIORAL
MODIFICATION. SO PERHAPS THEY
ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS IN
THE CLASSROOM OR HAVE THEY
BEEN SPELLS MOVED CLOSER TO
THE AND THEY WOULD SPEND HOURS
AND HOURS WORKING LONGER SO
THEY WERE ABLE TO COMPEAN, SEE
WHERE THESE BEHAVIORS AND AS A
RESULT OF THAT, THEY HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO COMPENSATE INTO THEIR
ADULTHOOD. BUT PERHAPS PICTURE
ACTIVELY THINKING ABOUT IT.
THEY MAY REALIZE I DID
ACTUALLY STRUGGLE ATTENTION
AND INATTENTION AND THEY
DIDN’T HAVE THIS DIFFICULTY AS
A CHILD, CERTAINLY
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT SMILE ME.
ALSO HIGHLIGHT THESE
BEHAVIORS. SO I WOULD JUST IT
BUYS AND DON’T TO THINK ABOUT
ANY OTHER. COEXISTING ISSUES
THAT MAY BE IMPACTING THEIR
PERFORMANCE.
>> IN OTHER WORDS, ADULTS WHO
ARE REALIZING THAT THEY MIGHT
HAVE ADHD TENDENCIES REALLY
ARE THINKING THAT THEY HAD
THESE AS CHILDREN. THEY JUST
WENT UNDIAGNOSED BUT FOR
CHILDREN, IT’S OFTEN A TEACHER
WHO FIRST NOTICED AS ADHD LIKE
BEHAVIOR. BUT IF YOUR CHILD IS
LEARNING FROM HOME RIGHT NOW.
YOU COULD BE SEEING THOSE
SIGNS YOURSELF OR PERHAPS
YOU’RE SEEING THEM IN YOURSELF
IN WONDERING IF YOU MIGHT HAVE
HAD THD THAT WENT UNDIAGNOSED
DOCTOR SHAH SAYS FIRST OFF,
CONSULT YOUR CHILD’S DOCTOR.
>> SO WE HAVE GIVEN SCALES
THAT ARE QUESTION THAT SHOULD
BE BUILT OUT. I THINK
TEACHERS. AS WELL AS THE IN
TERMS OF THEIR OBSERVATIONS OF
THE CHILD’S BEHAVIOR AND WHAT
THEY KNOW TO BE AND ONCE WE
INTEGRATE THAT INFORMATION AND
ARE ABLE TO CORROBORATE THAT
DIAGNOSIS, THEN THE NEXT STEP,
WE’RE THE INVOLVEMENT ALL TO
DIFFERENT BEING MEDICATION.
ABSOLUTELY. SO WE HAVE OUR
STIMULANT MEDICATIONS SUCH AS
OUR AFTER ALL ARE THEIR LAND.
DO WE ALSO HAVE. NOT GETTING
ON MEDICATIONS AS WELL. THAT
DIDN’T WORK DIFFERENTLY. BUT
STILL HELP INCREASE THAT
SUSTAINED OCEAN. BUT IN
ADDITION TO THAT, ESPECIALLY
IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT
PARENTS WORK WITH THE CHILD
LEARN CERTAIN SKILLS TO HELP
REWARD. HOW DID IT BEHAVIORS
AND DISCOURAGED NEGATIVE YEARS
FAR AS THAT DON’T CONCERNED AS
WELL. YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY THE
TREATMENT OPTIONS ARE FAIRLY
THE SAME TIME THINK OF THEIR
VIEW MIGHT ALSO HELP
ESPECIALLY IN PEOPLE WHO MAY
HAVE GONE ON NIGHT. NO, SIR,
BUT I MEAN, THEIR CHILDHOOD.
>> BUT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COPE
AND A LOT OF WAYS THAT IT
MIGHT BE SKILLS TRAINING.
>> DOCTOR SHAH ALSO MENTION
THAT SIGNS OF ADHD OFTEN LOOK
LIKE OTHER DISORDERS. SO THE
BOTTOM LINE IS IF YOU THINK
YOU OR YOUR CHILD ARE
EXHIBITING ANY OF THE
SYMPTOMS. SHE MENTIONED AND
YOU THINK THEY’RE IMPAIRING
YOUR ABILITY TO GET THINGS
DONE. TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR AND
LADIES, ONE THING THAT WE
DIDN’T GET TO MENTION. BUT I
WANTED TO TAG ON HERE IS THAT
SHE DID SAY YOU SHOULD SEE
MULTIPLE OF THESE SYMPTOMS AND
YOU’LL SEE THEM IN MORE THAN
ONE ENVIRONMENT. SO MAYBE YOUR
CHILD’S TEACHER BROUGHT IT UP
IN THE CLASSROOM BEFORE AND
YOU DIDN’T THINK MUCH OF IT.
BUT NOW THAT THEY’RE WORKING
FROM HOME OR YOU’RE WORKING