ADHD and tools
ADHD is a brain disorder one is born with and
with which one will also die. Its symptoms often change over the course of
life, highly dependent on person to person. To address these ADHD symptoms to
to address, a number of tools exist.
Medication
The most spectacular and fastest-acting of the aids for ADHD is medication. It combats the main ADHD symptoms such as difficulty concentrating, overexcitability and restlessness in the head. In Western Europe, methylphenidate (e.g. Rilatin, Medikinet) and also, to a lesser extent, DEX amphetamines are most often prescribed. Doctors assume
circumspectly and usually prescribe methylphenidate to children and
young people. Students higher education with ADHD take it during block time and on exams. There is little (reliable) longer-term research on the possible harmful effects of long-term adult use.
Psychotherapy and ADHD
Psychotherapy can be an important tool for ADHD. It can help process a difficult history of ADHD symptoms. But psychotherapy can also teach people to deal with persistent symptoms such as forgetting and poor planning. Moreover, there are tools to better manage impulsive behaviour that can be taught in therapy. Learning can also address particular behaviours that often go hand in hand with ADHD such as tics.
Adapting the environment
Not only people with ADHD can adapt. Their environment can also be adapted. For example, by properly informing the partner, parents, teachers and school. Adapting the environment is crucial for people with ADHD. Parents and school can provide more structure and give more time, can work in partial tasks and in smaller steps. They can also do this by limiting distractions, making an environment where there is less stress and better concentration is possible.
More tech tools and ADHD
In recent years, all kinds of technical tools for ADHD have boomed. There is now a multitude of apps to reduce all kinds of ADHD symptoms. There are apps that help against forgetting, losing things, procrastination, organisation and planning, maintaining focus. Apart from these apps, there are also very practical aids for ADHD such as headphones (noise cancelling or white noise), special earplugs, sound screens, heavy blankets for better sleep, a wobble cushion and fidgeting material.
Alternative Treatment
All kinds of more alternative therapies can also serve as aids for ADHD. Some
People get can head calm with mindfulness, meditation or yoga. Also
all kinds of mental or body-oriented relaxation exercises can help mental and
bring physical calm and address concentration problems. In some
people, however, these exercises have the opposite effect. Inform yourself in advance
well about the fee, diploma and basic training of these alternative 'therapists'.
Our tools for ADHD
For people with ADHD, over the years we developed a proprietary programme aimed at
better brain function. That treatment programme for ADHD does not include
medication. You can buy it elsewhere on this website, but you get it for free with
a positive diagnosis in our Expertise Centre. In addition, we recommend a
number books on ADHD to. And concrete solution-focused talk therapy you can
Get from our fellow clinical psychologist Sabine Vranken psysabinevranken@gmail.com
Psychologists
Jan Schrans
Approval Numer: 641104942 jan.schrans@gmail.com
Sabine Vranken
Approval Number: 692109216 psysabinevranken@gmail.com
SCHRANS Jan
