How do you know when someone has ADD or ADHD?!
Question: I am 16 and my little cousin is 10 and my mom and I think she either has ADD or ADHD or both...?
She hardly eats, she cannot sit still to save her life, and she is constantly on the go, seldom sleeps, and her mom doesn't want to hear us out.
What do you think?
Answers: I am 16 and my little cousin is 10 and my mom and I think she either has ADD or ADHD or both...?
She hardly eats, she cannot sit still to save her life, and she is constantly on the go, seldom sleeps, and her mom doesn't want to hear us out.
What do you think?
ADD and ADHD are very difficult diagnoses to make. Diseases are only diseases if there's an actual problem. Not being able to sit still isn't actually problem in iteslf. (And isn't remotely sufficient to diagnose ADD or ADHD).
this may just be a stage she is going through some kids go through stages of not eating much and being hyper does she act out in school is she having trouble concentrating and are her grades dropping if so maybe you need to have her tested there is medication for this but there are different types and dosages may need to be adjusted good luck.
does your little cousin not pay attention to you while your talking to her or she cant stay on one topic for a long time and constanly doing other things after another in a short peroid of time??? if so then yes she does have adhd not add cuz like u said she cant stay put....and tell her mom that its not bad to put her on meds becuz itl'l help her stay focus on what she has to do in school or at home and keep her still and she doesnt even have to stay on it for more than a month or 2 or more cuz shell grow out of it
Here is the criteria for ADHD: http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/symptom.h...
I think this is less about if she has it but more about is there anything your two can do about it. Until her Mom reaches out, you can't hand her anything.
Odds are, if she has it then there might be problems down the road and Mom will want to help her.