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Ko te tohutohu noa mō te whai hua kāore e pai te mahi mō ngā roro ADHD. "Arotahi noa atu" rānei "hanga he rārangi mahi" e kii ana he pūmau te whakahaere ā-roto nei, ko te mea kua whakararurarutia nei e te ADHD. He rerekē ngā rautaki e tino āwhina ana i te tangata whai ADHD ki te arotahi; e whakawhirinaki ana ki te hanganga o waho, te hoahoa o te taiao, me te māramatanga o te pēhea o te roro ADHD e whakahaere ana i te pōwhiri me te utu.
Ko tēnei pou e kōrero ana mō te neuroscience kei muri i ngā uauatanga o te arotahi ADHD, te pēhea e whakatikaina ai e te rongoā, ngā rautaki whai hua e tautokona ana e ngā taunakitanga motuhake mō te ADHD, me ētahi pātai maha e pā ana ki te kawhe me te arotahi puta noa i ngā wāhi rereke o te ao.
Ko te take matua ko te whakahaere o te dopamine. Ko te kōpae puku, te wāhanga o te roro e kawenga mō te aro, te whakamahere, te whakahaere o te hiahia, me te mahara mahi, he nui te whakawhirinaki ki te dopamine me te norepinephrine kia mahi ai. I roto i te ADHD, he iti iho te kaha o tēnei rohe i te tikanga, otirā i ngā ara dopaminergic me noradrenergic.
Koinei te whakamaarama i tētahi tauira e raruraru ana te tini o te tangata: ka taea e te tangata whai ADHD te whakapau whā haora ki roto i tētahi kēmu ataata engari kāore e taea te noho mō te 20 meneti ki te panui īmēra mahi. Ehara tena i te rahunga kaha. He take dopamine tena. Ko ngā mahi hou, ohorere, whai pānga, whai tikanga whaiaro rānei ka whakaputa i te nui o te dopamine hei tautoko i te aro. Ko ngā mahi auau, uaua, iti te hihiri kāore. Kāore te roro ADHD e kore e āhei te arotahi; kāore ia e āhei te whakatere i te arotahi i te tono, otirā ki ngā mea kāore e whakaputa i tō rātou ake tohu utu.
Ka whakamaarama hoki tēnei i te matapōpō wā, he uaua kua rongoa pai ki te kite me te aromātai i te pahemo o te wā. Ko te rangahau e hono ana te kitenga wā ki te dopaminergic signaling i roto i te roro. Ko te tangata whai ADHD kei te tino kino te mahi ki ngā mahi aromātai wā takatika ki te hunga kāore, ahakoa, he pai ake tō rātou mahi ki ngā mahi kitenga wā e kaha ana te kare. Ka āwhina te matapōpō wā ki te hāngai tonu, ngā tukunga o te wā, me te kore e āhei te aromātai tika i te roa o te mahi.
Ko tētahi o ngā pātai maha rawa e pātaihia ana e te tangata ko te aha te kaitiaki ai e āwhina ai i tētahi tangata e kaha ana te hihiri. Ko te whakautu ko te roro ADHD kei te tino iti te hihiri i ngā rohe e tino nui ana mō te whakahaere o te aro.
Ko ngā rongoā kaitiaki, ko te methylphenidate (Ritalin, Concerta) me ngā rongoā amphetamine (Adderall, Vyvanse) te nuinga, ka whakanui ake i te mahi dopamine me te norepinephrine i roto i te kōpae puku. Kāore e taapiri atu te hihiri. Ka kawea e rātou tētahi pūnaha iti ki te taumata mahi, ka taea ai te pupuri i te aro, te aukati i te hiahia, me te whakahaere i ngā mahi whakahaere pai ake.
Ko te taunakitanga he kaha. Ko te rongoā kaitiaki he whai hua mō te 70–80% o te tangata whai ADHD, ka waiho ai hei tētahi o ngā rongoā tino whai hua i roto i te rongoā. Kei reira ano hoki ngā kōwhiringa kāore e kawea: atomoxetine (Strattera) e mahi ana ki te norepinephrine reuptake, ā, ka pai kē atu pea mō te tangata kāore e pai ki te kaitiaki, ki te tangata rānei kua whai hītori o te whakamahi rongoā. Ka whakamahia hoki te Guanfacine me te clonidine, otirā ki ngā tamariki.
Kāore te rongoā te kōwhiringa anake, ā, kāore e hiahiatia. Engari ko ngā raraunga e whakaatu ana i te nuinga o te tangata whai ADHD, koinei te tino whaiparaoa kotahi hei whakapai ake i te aro.
Ehara ēnei i te tohutohu whai hua noa. Ia mea ka whakatika i tētahi wāhanga motuhake o te pēhea o te ADHD te whakararuraru i te arotahi.
Te tūruhi tinana. Te mahi tahi me tētahi tangata, kāore e mahi tahi, kei te noho tahi noa iho. Ko te ariā i whakaingoatia e te kaiwhakangungu ADHD a Linda Anderson i te tau 1996. Kotahi rangahau mai i te ADHD Coaching Association i kitea 80% o ngā kiritaki i kii kua tino pai ake te oti o ngā mahi i te wā e whakamahi ana i te tūruhi tinana. Ko te tikanga pea he huinga o te whakaoho pāpori (ka pai ake te mahi a te tangata ina kei reira ētahi atu), te whakaoho dopamine mai i te taunekeneke pāpori, me te tauira whai mahi ki te matakitaki i tētahi atu e mau tonu ana te arotahi ka tohu i tō roro kia rite ki tēnā momo. Ka taea te tūruhi tinana te mahi kanohi ki te kanohi, te ipurangi rānei.
Ngā tohu wā o waho. Nā te mea ko te matapōpō wā ka kore ai e pono te aroturuki wā ā-roto, me mārama te wā ki te tangata whai ADHD. Ko ngā karaka tauira kei ia ruma, ko ngā taima tata i te wā o ngā mahi, ko te aukati i te maramataka me ngā whakaoho – ka whakaputa ēnei taputapu i tētahi mea kāore e taea e te roro ADHD te mahi ā-roto. Ko te tikanga Pomodoro (25 meneti o te mahi arotahi ka whai i te 5 meneti o te okiokinga) he pai te mahi mō te tini o te tangata whai ADHD nā te mea ka whakaputa tōna hihiri teka me te tuku i ngā wawaotanga dopamine mai i te oti o ia wāhanga. Ko ētahi tangata ka kitea he wā poto ake (10–15 meneti) he pai ake mō te tīmatanga o ngā mahi kino.
Te wāhanga mahi. Ka mate te roro ADHD ki ngā mahi nunui nā te mea ka kaha te kaha, ā, kāore he utu tonu. Ko te wehewehe i tētahi mahi ki ngā hikoi tino iti rawa – ehara i te "mahi i te pūrongo" engari ko "whakatūwhera i te tuhinga, tuhia te paratarafa tuatahi o te whakauru" – ka whakaheke i te kaha whakaoho e hiahiatia ana kia tīmata. Ia hikoi iti kua oti ka whakaputa he kare ā-roto o te whakatutukitanga, ā, ka āwhina ki te pupuri i te kaha.
Te hoahoa o te taiao. Ko te roro ADHD he tino aro ki tōna taiao. Ko te whakaheke i te paru ka kitea, te whakamahi i ngā tīwhera niere niere, te waiho i te waea ki tētahi atu ruma, me te whakarite i tētahi wāhi mahi motuhake ka whakaheke i te maha o ngā hihiri whakataetae e whawhai ana mō te aro. Ehara tēnei i te mea mō te ako – ko te tango i te hiahia mō te kaha mā te hoahoa i tētahi wāhi he uaua rawa te wātea.
Te hono i ngā mea whai pānga. Ko te hono i tētahi mahi iti te hihiri ki tētahi mea whai pānga ngawari – waiata papamuri, podcast, taputapu fidget kakano – ka taea te whakanui i te taumata hihiri turanga kia mau tonu ai te aro. Ka pai tēnei nā te mea ka hiahiatia e te roro ADHD tētahi taumata iti o te whakauru kia mau tonu ai. Ko te wahangu katoa ka taea te tino uaua ake te arotahi mō ētahi tangata whai ADHD, ehara i te mea ngāwari.
Te whakaoho o te hihiri. Ko te roro ADHD ka tino kaha te urupare ki ngā tukunga wā – engari ko te nuinga ki ngā mea e tata ana. Ko te whakaoho i te hihiri teka mā te tirotiro taunekeneke, ngā whakaaetanga tūmatanui, me ngā tukunga wā i whakatakotoria e koe me ngā hua tūturu (pēnei i te kii ki tētahi ka tukua e koe tētahi tauira hei te 3pm) ka whakaoho i ngā ara nerve e rite ana ki ngā tukunga wā tūturu.
Ngā wā okioki nekehanga. Ko ngā wā poto o te korikori tinana i waenganui i ngā wā arotahi – he hikoi, he totoro, he peke – ka whakanui ake i te dopamine me te norepinephrine mō te wā poto, ā, ka taea te whakapai ake i te aro mō te wā mahi e whai ake nei. Ko te rangahau mō te korikori me te ADHD e whakaatu ana i te nuinga ko te korikori tinana tere ka whakapai ake i te mahi whakahaere me te aro tonu, ahakoa i roto i ngā wā kotahi.
Ko te kawhe he kaitiaki pokapū o te pūnaha nerve ngawari e aukati ana i ngā receptors adenosine me te whakanui ake i te mahi dopamine ngāwari. Ko ētahi tangata whai ADHD, otirā ko te hunga kāore i te rongoā – ka kitea e te kawhe te whakapai ake i te mataara me te arotahi poto.
Ko te taunakitanga he ranu, ā, ko ngā hua he iti noa iho ki te kaitiaki kua tohua. Ka taea e te kawhe te āwhina ki te whakapai ake i te mataara engari kei a ia anō ngā kino: ka whakanui ake te manukanuka i roto i te tangata kua kaha kē atu ki te mamae, ka whakararuraru te moe (ā, ko ngā raruraru moe kua pa ki te 70% o ngā pakeke whai ADHD), ā, kāore e ōrite ana ana hua. Ehara i te mea hei whakakapi mō te rongoā, engari mō ētahi tangata, ka tino āwhina te kawhe ata kia tīmata ai rātou. Ko te mea nui kia pono koe ki te āwhina ana, me te kore anake e whakaputa he māramatanga whakaohooho o te whai hua.
Kāore ngā uauatanga arotahi o te ADHD e noho pūmau – ka neke haere i te wā e huri ana ngā tono o te ao. Ka tino uaua ki ngā tamariki te aro ki te akomanga me te oti o te mahi kāinga. Ka tūpono ngā tamariki ki te piki haere o ngā mahi ako me te uaua o te hononga pāpori. Ka hāngai ngā pakeke ki ngā tūmanako o te wāhi mahi, te whakahaere kāinga, te whakamahere pūtea, me te pupuri hononga – katoa ēnei e hiahia ana i te mahi whakahaere tonu.
Ko ngā rautaki e pai ana te mahi ka taea te whakarerekē i te wā. Ka taea e te tamaiti te tino whai hua mai i ngā whakaritenga akomanga, me ngā wā okioki korikori. Ka tino whakawhirinaki pea te tauira kāreti ki te tūruhi tinana me ngā wā Pomodoro. Ka hiahiatia pea e te mātua mahi he huinga o te rongoā, te hoahoa taiao, me te tuku mahi ki ētahi atu ka taka tonu.
Kāore te ADHD e tino kino haere ki te pakeke, engari ka piki haere ngā tono ki te aro me te mahi whakahaere. Ki te kore te tautoko tika, ka nui haere te wāhi i waenganui i te kaha me te tūmanako, nā reira he maha ngā pakeke ka rapu noa i te tātaritanga ina tae te ora ki te wāhi nui.
Ka puta ake tēnei i roto i ngā raraunga rapu kia tau ai te whakautu. Ko ētahi kuri e whakaatu ana i ngā tauira e rite ana ki te ADHD – te kaha tonu o te kaha, te uaua ki te whakangungu, te whai mahi pokanoa kāore e pai ake ki te pakeke. Kotahi rangahau i whakaputaina i roto i te Translational Psychiatry i kitea ko ētahi momo ka whakaatu i te nui ake o te tūponotanga o ngā whai mahi rite ki te ADHD, ā, ko ēnei āhuatanga i honoa ki te pakeke, te momo, me te taiao o te kurī. Heoi, kāore te ADHD kararehe e tātaritia mā te anga rite ki te ADHD tangata, ā, kei te tino timatanga tonu te rangahau. He hononga whai pānga tēnei, engari he kōrero haumanu rerekē tēnei.
Ki te mea he uaua te arotahi ia rā, ā, ko ngā rautaki i runga ake nei ka rite ki te mea i tuhia mō tō ao, ko te mahi whai hua ka whai ake ko te whiwhi i tētahi aromātai whaimana. Ka āwhina ngā rautaki – he nui rawa – engari ka tino pai ake te mahi ina honoa ki tētahi tātaritanga tika, ā, ki te tika, te rongoā tika. Ko te māramatanga o te pēhea o tō roro te whakahaere i te aro ehara i te mea mō te hunga whai rawa. Koinei te turanga e pai ake ai ngā mea katoa.
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