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Ehara i te mea ngāwari te whiwhi tātaritanga ADHD, pēnei i te whakakī i tētahi rangahau. Karekau he whakamātau toto, he matawai roro, he kotahi anake te aromātai e taea ai te whakapūmau. Ko te tātaritanga he kiritiki – arā, he mea i ahu mai i tētahi aromātai pūnaha o tō whanonga, o tō hītori, me te pēhea e pā ai ngā tohu ki tō mahi o ia rā i ngā wāhi maha o te ao.
Ka āta tirohia e tēnei pou te tikanga o taua tukanga, ko wai e tika ana kia mahi, he aha te tūmanako i te wā o te aromātai, me te aha ka tūpono mēnā he pakeke koe kāore anō kia whakamātaua i te wā e tamariki ana koe.
Kāore e taea e ia kaimātai hauora hinengaro te tātaritanga ADHD. Ko ngā momo tohunga e whai ake nei ka taea te whakahaere i tētahi aromātai:
Ko ngā Psychiatrists ka taea te tātaritanga ADHD me te whakahaere rongoā. Ka whakahaerehia e rātou he uiui kiritiki, ā, ka taea e rātou te whakamahi i ngā tauine whakatau, engari ko te nuinga kāore e mahi i roto i ngā whakamātau neuro-psychological hohonu.
Ko ngā Psychologists – otirā ko ngā kiritiki, ko ngā neuro-psychologists – he maha ngā wā ka whakaratohia ngā aromātai tino tino whānui. Ka whakahaerehia e rātou ngā whakamātau hinengaro me te whanonga paerewa, ka aromātai i ngā tikanga tahi, ā, ka whakaputa tētahi pūrongo tātaritanga taipitopito.
Ko ngā Neurologists ka taea te tātaritanga ADHD, ahakoa ka nui ake te whakapā atu ki a rātou mēnā he hiahia kia whakapākehatia ngā tikanga neurological kē atu.
Ko ngā taote tiaki tuatahi me ngā kaimātai nēhi ka taea te tātaritanga ADHD i ngā wāhi maha, otirā mēnā he mārama noa te ahuatanga. Ka taea e rātou te tuku i ngā take uaua ake ki tētahi tohunga.
Ko ngā Therapists, kaitohutohu, me ngā kaimātai pāpori kāore e taea te tātaritanga ADHD mā rātou anō, ahakoa ka whai wāhi pea rātou ki te tukanga tuku, ki te tuku kōrero āwhina rānei. Ko te tātaritanga e hiahia ana ki te whakangungu me ngā tohu tohu motuhake.
Ko te paerewa koura mō te tātaritanga ADHD – i ngā tamariki me ngā pakeke – he uiui kiritiki ā-wāhanga e tautokohia ana e ngā mōhiohio āwhina. E ai ki te UK Adult ADHD Network (UKAAN), ka roa te aromātai pai kia rua haora te iti rawa, ā, i ngā take uaua ake, ka roa ake pea ki ngā hui maha.
Anei ngā mea ka whakaurua e te aromātai whai tikanga:
Uiui kiritiki. Koinei te pūtake o te tukanga. Ka āta tirohia e te tohunga ngā tohu taipitopito – ngā mea o nāianei me ngā mea o mua – ā, ka aromātai mena ka eke ki ngā paearu 18 DSM 5 puta noa i ngā kāhui e rua: te kore aro, me te hyperactive impulsivity. Ka pātai rātou mō te whanonga tamariki (me puta ngā tohu i mua i te 12 o ngā tau), me pēhea te puta o ngā tohu i ngā wāhi rerekē (kāinga, mahi, kura, hononga), me te nui o te pā ki te mahi o ia rā. Ka hipokina hoki e te uiui tō hītori whanaketanga, tō hītori hauora, te hītori haumanu a te whānau, te papamuri mātauranga, me te whakamahi matū.
Ngā tauine whakatau paerewa. Koinei ngā rangahau kua oti te hanga, ka whakakiia e te tangata e aromātaia ana, ā, ka pai ake mēnā ka whakakiia e tētahi e mōhio pai ana ki a ia – he hoa rangatira, he mātua, he tungāne, he hoa mahi tata rānei. Ko ngā tauine e whakamahia nuitia ana ko ngā Conners' Adult ADHD Rating Scales (CAARS), Barkley Adult ADHD Rating Scale, me te Adult ADHD Self Report Scale (ASRS), nā te World Health Organization i hanga. Ka whakatairite ēnei taputapu i ō whakautu ki ngā taupori noa, ā, ka āwhina ki te ine i te kaha o ngā tohu. Kāore e taea e ēnei te tātaritanga mā rātou anō – he tautoko tēnei ki te whakaahua kiritiki.
Ngā mōhiohio āwhina. Ka tono te tohunga kia kōrero, kia kohi rangahau rānei mai i tētahi kua kite i tō whanonga i roto i te wā. Mō ngā tamariki, ko te nuinga he mātua, he kaiako. Mō ngā pakeke, ka taea he hoa rangatira, he mātua e mahara ana ki tō tamarikitanga, he hoa tata rānei. Mēnā kāore he kōrero āwhina, ka taea e te tohunga te whakamahi i ngā tuhinga pēnei i ngā puka rekoata tawhito, ngā tuhinga, me ngā aromātai hinengaro o mua hei whakakī i te hītori.
Te rapu i ngā tikanga tahi. He mea nui tēnei taahiraa. Tata ki te 78% o ngā tamariki whai ADHD he kotahi, neke atu rānei ngā tikanga tahi – te manawapā, te pouri, te whanonga whakahē, ngā raruraru ako, me te autism. I ngā pakeke, ko te nuinga o ngā hononga ko te manawapā, te pouri, me ngā raruraru whakamahi matū. I te mea ka rite ngā tohu o ēnei tikanga ki te ADHD, me whakatau e te tohunga mena ko tētahi atu te take o te ahua ADHD, mehemea rānei kei reira ngā mea e rua i te wā kotahi.
Ngā whakamātau hinengaro, neuro-psychological rānei (kōwhiringa). Kāore e uru ki ia aromātai. Kāore e hiahiatia ana mō te tātaritanga. Engari ka whakamahia, ka whakaputa tētahi raraunga pono ki te aro, te mahara mahi, te tere tukatuka, me te mahi whakahaere. Ko ngā taputapu pēnei i te Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA) me te whakamātau hinengaro mā te rorohiko ka taea te taapiri he taumata mōhiohio whai hua, otirā mēnā he kore mārama te ahua kiritiki.
Whai muri i te kohinga o ngā raraunga katoa, ka whakakotahi te tohunga i ngā mea katoa ka whakatau mena ka eke ngā tohu ki ngā paearu DSM 5. Mō ngā tamariki i raro iho i te 17, arā kia ono ngā tohu i roto i tētahi, ā, i ngā kāhui e rua rānei, kua puta mō te ono marama. Mō ngā pakeke 17 tau, me ngā pakeke ake rānei, e rima ngā tohu. I ngā wā katoa, me puta ngā tohu ki ngā wāhi e rua te iti rawa, ā, me tino pā ki te mahi.
Te tikanga, kāore. Ko te ADHD he mate whanaketanga pūnaha – arā, ka timata i te wā e whanake ana te roro i te tamarikitanga. E hiahiatia ana e te DSM 5 kia puta ngā tohu i mua i te 12 o ngā tau kia taea ai te tātaritanga.
Engari ko te pono: he maha ngā pakeke whai ADHD kāore anō kia kitea. E tata ana ki te 6% o ngā pakeke o Amerika e whai tātaritanga ADHD ana, ā, tata ki te haurua o rātou i whiwhi i taua tātaritanga mō te wā tuatahi i te wā e pakeke ana. I kitea e tētahi rangahau i te tau 2025, tata ki te 14% o ngā pakeke i tino whai tohu mo te ADHD engari kāore anō kia tātaritanga mana.
Ko ngā wāhine ka nui ake te pā ki tēnei āputa. E whakaatu ana ngā rangahau i ngā wā katoa, i te tamarikitanga, ka tātaritanga ngā tama ki te ADHD kia rua ki te toru te maha atu i ngā kotiro. Engari tae noa ki te pakeketanga, ka tata te ōritetanga ki te 1:1 – e kaha ana te kōrero kei te ngaro ngā kotiro, ehara i te mea ka tūpono mai te ADHD i muri mai. Kua tino tuhia ngā take: ka kaha ngā kotiro ki te whakaatu i ngā tohu kore aro ki te hunga hyperactive, ka akona rātou ki te huna i ā rātou raruraru, ā, ka kaha ake te kii ko te manawapā, ko te pouri rānei te take o ā rātou tohu. Ko tētahi rangahau i roto i te Journal of Attention Disorders i kī ko tēnei āhuatanga ko "Miss. Diagnosis" – he reanga o ngā wāhine i kore e kitea nā te mea ko ngā paearu tātaritanga i hangaia i runga i ngā rangahau o ngā tamariki tane.
Nō reira ahakoa kāore koe e taea te tātaritanga te ADHD i te wā e pakeke ana koe, ka taea e koe te kite i te 30, 40, 55 rānei, kua whai koe i te reira i ngā wā katoa. I reira tonu ngā tohu. Kāore i tika te whakamaoritanga.
Ka rerekē te puta o te ADHD i ia tangata ki ia tangata, engari ko etahi o ngā āhuatanga ka puta kia nui hei aro atu. Mō te kore aro: he uaua tonu te pupuri i te aro ki ngā mahi, he hapa korekore i te mahi, te mahi rānei, he uaua ki te whai i ngā kaupapa, te kore whakarite tonu, te ngaro noa o ngā mea, te ngawari ki te whakararuraru, me te wareware i ngā tikanga o ia rā. Mō te hyperactive impulsivity: te takarepa, te ngangau, te uaua ki te noho ata ki ngā mahi, te kōrero nui, te kaha ki te whakaputa whakautu i mua tonu i te oti o te pātai, te uaua ki te tatari, me te pokanoa ki ētahi atu.
Ko te mea e wehewehe ana i te ADHD i te whakararuraru noa o ia rā ko te āhua. Me noho tonu ēnei tohu (kua puta mō te ono marama te iti rawa), whānui (ka puta ki ngā wāhi maha o te ao), ā, ka pā (ka tino aukati i te mahi – ehara i te mea he whakararuraru noa). Ka ngaro ā tātou kī ia wā. Kāore e ngaro ā tātou kī, ka ngaro ngā rā tukunga, ka wareware ngā hui, ka pokanoa ki ngā kōrero i runga i te kaupapa i roto i ngā tau.
He torutoru ngā mea whai tikanga ka āwhina i te tukanga kia pai ake:
Tuhia ngā tauira motuhake o te pēhea o ngā tohu e pā ana ki te mahi, te ao kāinga, me ngā hononga. Ko ngā whakaahua noa pērā ki te "He uaua ki te aro" ka iti ake te whai hua i ngā tauira pono pērā ki te "I ngaro ahau e toru ngā rā tukunga i te marama kua hipa nā te kore e taea e au te tīmata i ngā pūrongo tae noa ki te pō i mua.".
Mēnā ka taea, kohia ngā rekoata kura tawhito – ngā puka rekoata, ngā kōrero a te kaiako, ngā hua whakamātau paerewa. Ka āwhina ēnei ki te whakatau i te tīmatanga tamariki, he whakaritenga tātaritanga.
Pātai ki tētahi hoa rangatira, mātua, te hoa tata rānei mena ka pai ki te whakakī i tētahi tauine whakatau, ki te kōrero rānei ki te tohunga. Ko ā rātou tirohanga ka taapiri i te pono me te horopaki ki te aromātai.
Rārangihia ngā rongoā me ngā taapiri katoa e tangohia ana e koe, me ngā tātaritanga, ngā maimoatanga hauora hinengaro o mua. Ko ētahi rongoā me ētahi tikanga ka taea te whakaputa i ngā tohu e rite ana ki te ADHD.
Kia pono ki tō hītori katoa – tae atu ki te whakamahi matū, ngā tikanga moe, me te hauora hinengaro. Kāore te tohunga i reira ki te whakawa. Me whiwhi rātou i te pikitia katoa kia taea ai te tātaritanga tika.
Ka oti te aromātai – te nuinga i roto i te kotahi ki te rua wiki mēnā kei roto te whakamātau – ka whiwhi koe i tētahi hui urupare. Ka āta tirohia e te tohunga ngā hua, ka whakapūmau mena ka tutuki koe i ngā paearu mō te ADHD (me tōna āhuatanga), ka tautuhi i ngā tikanga tahi, ā, ka kōrero mō ngā kōwhiringa maimoatanga.
Ko te maimoatanga te nuinga ka uru ki tētahi huinga o te rongoā, ngā tikanga whai tikanga, me te rongoā. Ko ngā rongoā whakaihi pēnei i te methylphenidate me ngā rongoā whai amphetamine te tino whai hua o te maimoatanga rongoā mō te ADHD, mā te kaha ake o te mahi dopamine me te norepinephrine ki roto i te prefrontal cortex. Kei te wātea ngā kōwhiringa kore whakaihi pērā i te atomoxetine mō te hunga kāore e kaha ki te rongoā whakaihi. Ko te cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) ka āwhina ki te hanga i ngā pukenga whakahaere, te whakahaere wā, me te whakatika i ngā whakaaro kino maha nei ka puta i muri i te maha o ngā tau o te ADHD kāore i tātaritanga.
Kāore te tātaritanga e katinga ana i tētahi pene. Ka whakatuwheratia tētahi. Mō ngā pakeke maha, otirā ngā pakeke kua tātaritanga i muri mai i te ao, ko te mea tuatahi kua kitea te ingoa o tā ratou e pa nei – tuatahi te mārama o ā rātou wheako.
I mua i te whakarite hui ki te taote, whai timatanga – tangohia te whakamātau ADHD kore utu a August AI ā, haere atu me ngā whakaaro pono mō koe.
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