What Is the Best Treatment Option for ADHD or ADD Patients?

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) are two health conditions that require constant monitoring and keen management. The CDC approximates that 9.4% of children are affected by the condition.

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Even though both ADHD and ADD are largely diagnosed in children, [1*] both ailments also affect the adult American population.

When you are a victim, whether as an adult or as a child, the ability to do tasks that others find easy, becomes difficult. You find it hard to accomplish tasks, meet economic or even social responsibilities. 

See the tips below on how to treat or handle ADD and ADHD patients.

Tips for Handling and Treatment of ADHD/ ADD Patients

Living with an ADD or ADHD adult can be a challenging duty. The normal rules of engagement rarely apply – depending on how severe your patient’s situation is.

Therefore, handling your ADHD or ADD patient the right way and ensuring that you administer the most suitable treatment goes a long way towards ensuring that:

• Commitments are honored or met
• Tasks are accomplished promptly and with high-quality results
• Your loved one maintains longer levels of attentiveness on the job or in school
• Improvements in social engagements – best illustrated by making new friends that were previously hard to make
• Higher levels of discipline where instances of unruly behavior will be a thing of the past

The tips for treating both ailments that have been discussed below are mere suggestions that will guide your interactions with a patient.

There is no magic tip on how to handle your ADHD or ADD [2*] patients besides constant information and adequate education on how best to live with the conditions.

When properly informed, you will understand the essence of handling your patient delicately due to their easy irritability.

ADHD/ ADD treatment regimen includes the following:

• Pharmaceutical drugs
• Behavioral coaching
• Guiding, counseling, and psychotherapeutic care
• Making patient-friendly adjustments to patient home living conditions
• Making changes to ADD or ADHD patient diets
• Close monitoring of patient response to medication and other interventions

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How to Treat and Live With ADD/ ADHD?

Here are a few options to consider:

1. Pharmaceutical-Based ADHD Treatment and Care

Under this treatment plan, the primary basis for ADD/ ADHD treatment is pharmaceutical products in the form of stimulants or anti-depressants. The treatment will depend on the physician’s prescription and patient behavior.

The two drugs most widely used for ADHD/ ADD treatment are:

• Methylphenidate
• Amphetamines

It is noteworthy to mention that different people react differently to ADD/ ADHD treatment.

Therefore, it is important to closely monitor your patient to know their most suitable long or short-term drug. 

It is equally important to note that pharmaceutical drugs have side effects that can adversely affect a patient.

It would be helpful to weigh options and ascertain which medicines are the most suitable for your patient and isolate those with serious side effects against them.

2. Behavioral Coaching

As stated earlier, having ADD/ ADHD could make some tasks (otherwise considered easy) hard for you. Even when you have received ADD/ ADHD treatment, the side effects could still take a toll on you and incapacitate you.

It would be best if you considered doing behavioral coaching where you are mentally prepared on what behavioral changes to expect with being an ADD or ADHD patient.

Behavioral coaching will help you understand why you often feel moody, fidgety, or restless [3*] – and what to do when you feel this way.

Behavioral coaching should include areas like the following:

• Embrace Good Time-Management Techniques

 This should be done to beat the forgetfulness that comes along. Create a schedule, keep a to-do list and do everything that it takes to ensure that you meet your obligations without fail.

• Rearrange Your Place

Rearrange your place with a view of reducing what you don’t need. It would also help if you rearranged the space. Strategically place everything where it can be easily found to save time.

• Exercise

Exercise your body daily, delegate duties, and have a better financial management system. Body exercise alleviates the effects when used alongside the ADD/ ADHD treatment.

• Delegate

Delegate leave some duties to other people whenever you can. Set time aside to regularly do your accounting as opposed to doing it on the move.

3. Guiding and Counseling

ADD/ ADHD is a psychological disorder and, as such, requires psychological approaches as part of the treatment matrix. Pharmaceutical medications have for the longest time been wrongly viewed as a treatment when they (in truth) are but a tool.

They are to be used alongside other tools like guiding and counseling, which help ease the symptoms of ADD/ ADHD.

4. Making Patient-Friendly Home Living Adjustments

The essence of making adjustments around ADD/ ADHD patients, whether young or old, cannot be ignored. It follows that when diagnosed with ADD/ ADHD symptoms, the patient will least suspect that they have ADD or ADHD.

In fact, in most instances, the people around the patient will point it out.

Family and friends of patients on ADD/ ADHD treatment should make all the necessary adjustments towards ensuring that their loved one has an easy time living with the condition.

Being accommodative goes a long way in helping out living with the illness.

5. Making Diet-Related Adjustments

Meals also play a central role in the management of ADD/ ADHD. You must eat the healthiest foods as much as possible – especially when you are undergoing ADD/ ADHD treatment.

Some drugs used in ADD/ ADHD treatment are strong and can strain you when you don’t observe a healthy eating habit.

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The Bottom Line

While ADD/ ADHD treatment is largely believed to be domiciled in pharmaceutical-based approaches, [4*] this could not be any further from the truth. ADD/ ADHD treatment encompasses much more than mere pharmaceutical products.

Other simple practices can be done at home, like having adequate sleep, which goes a long way towards ensuring a tranquil state of mind.

Other practices like putting all your plans, to-do lists, and goals in writing also go a long way towards guaranteeing you longer concentration spans, thus better managing the symptoms of ADD/ ADHD.

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