Can children with ADHD heal on their own?

ADHD is a common psychological disorder of childhood, characterized by age and developmentally inappropriate inattention, short attention span, excessive impulsivity, learning disabilities, conduct disorders, and maladjustment. Once diagnosed, ADHD requires medication and psycho-behavioral treatment to intervene and is not self-curing. If left untreated, the child’s symptoms will not improve significantly and will affect future learning, physical and mental health, as well as family life and social skills in adulthood. 1. Medication: Medication is needed when social function is significantly impaired. Medication can improve attention deficit, reduce activity level, improve academic performance to a certain extent, and improve the relationship between patients and family members in the short term. At present, there are two major categories of drugs in clinical use: (1) Central stimulants as the first-line treatment drugs, at present, the main domestic methylphenidate and its controlled-release tablets. (2) Selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, the representative drug is tomoxetine. 2.Psychological, educational and behavioral treatment: Children should not be discriminated or scolded to avoid trauma. However, it should not be left unattended either. Education should be provided to point out the shortcomings, correct the bad behavior, and encourage the slight progress to enhance confidence in overcoming the shortcomings. Training to focus attention and avoiding irrelevant stimuli in the environment. 3, attention training and somatic training: including visual attention and auditory attention training, can be trained by playing cards, puzzles, finding numbers, retelling events or story content and other games. Children with ADHD are particularly active and have inexhaustible energy. They should be given a way out of their excessive energy, so they should be consciously organized to participate in activities that require energy, such as running, ball games, hiking, swimming and other strong physical activities or physical labor, so that their exuberant energy has a place to vent. 4. Behavior management and education: Teachers and parents need to carry out effective behavior management and psychological education according to the characteristics of children with ADHD, avoid discrimination, corporal punishment or other rough educational methods, and appropriately use praise and encouragement to improve children’s self-confidence and self-awareness. When a child with ADHD has a condition or behavior that affects the child’s ability to learn, the child can receive intervention at school. The child’s seat can be arranged near the teacher to reduce distraction during class, and the curriculum should be arranged in such a way as to give the child sufficient time to move around. 5, other treatments: such as neurofeedback therapy, such as audio-visual integration continuous executive test, transcranial microcurrent stimulation therapy, etc.; sensory integration training; Chinese medicine, herbal therapy, etc.