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ʻO ka mahina ʻike ADHD Lahui

“Ua like wau me ka makuahine ʻino loa loa. Pehea ʻAʻole anei au i ʻike i kou wā ʻōpiopio? ʻAʻohe oʻu manaʻo ua hakakā ʻoe e like me kēia!"

ʻO ia ka manaʻo o koʻu makuahine i koʻu haʻi ʻana iā ia i ka makahiki 26, ua ʻike ʻia kāna kaikamahine me ka maʻi attention-deficit/hyperactivity (ADHD).

ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke kuleana no ka ʻike ʻole - ʻaʻohe mea i ʻike. I koʻu wā kamaliʻi e hele ana i ke kula i ka hopena o nā makahiki 90 a me nā makahiki 2000, ʻaʻole kiʻi ADHD.

ʻO ka ʻenehana, ʻaʻole ʻo ADHD kahi hōʻailona. I kēlā manawa, ua kapa mākou i ka maʻi attention deficit, a i ʻole ADD, a ua mālama ʻia kēlā huaʻōlelo no nā keiki e like me koʻu hoahānau, ʻo Michael. ʻIke ʻoe i ke ʻano. ʻAʻole hiki iā ia ke hahai i nā hana maʻamau, ʻaʻole i hana i kāna haʻawina home, ʻaʻole hoʻolohe i ke kula, a ʻaʻole hiki ke noho mālie inā ʻoe e uku iā ia. No nā keikikāne hoʻopilikia i ke kua o ka lumi papa i hoʻolohe ʻole a hoʻopau i ke kumu ma waena o ka haʻawina. ʻAʻole no ke kaikamahine mālie me ka makemake nui e heluhelu i nā puke a pau i hiki iā ia ke loaʻa i kona lima, nāna i pāʻani i nā haʻuki a loaʻa nā māka maikaʻi. ʻAʻole. He haumana kumu hoʻohālike au. No ke aha e manaʻoʻiʻo ai kekahi ua loaʻa iaʻu ka ADHD??

He mea maʻamau kaʻu moʻolelo. A hiki i kēia manawa, ua ʻae nui ʻia ʻo ADHD kahi maʻi i loaʻa mua i nā keikikāne a me nā kāne. Wahi a nā keiki a me nā mākua me ADHD (CHADD), ʻike ʻia nā kaikamahine ma lalo o ka hapalua o ka helu o nā keikikāne.[1] Inā ʻaʻole lākou e hōʻike me nā hōʻailona hyperactive i hōʻike ʻia ma luna nei (pilikia e noho mālie, keakea, paio e hoʻomaka a hoʻopau paha i nā hana, impulsivity), ʻike pinepine ʻia nā kaikamahine a me nā wahine me ADHD - ʻoiai lākou e hakakā nei.

ʻO ka mea a ka nui o ka poʻe i hoʻomaopopo ʻole e pili ana iā ADHD ʻo ia ka mea ʻokoʻa loa ia no nā poʻe like ʻole. I kēia lā, ua ʻike ʻia ka noiʻi ʻekolu hōʻike maʻamau o ADHD: inattentive, hyperactive-impulsive, a hui pu. ʻO nā hōʻailona e like me ka fidgeting, impulsivity, a me ka hiki ʻole ke noho mālie e pili pū me ka hōʻike hyperactive-impulsive a ʻo ia ka mea i hui pinepine ʻia e ka poʻe me kahi maʻi ADHD. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka paʻakikī me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana, nā pilikia me ka distractibility, ka pale ʻana i ka hana, a me ka poina ʻana, ʻo ia nā hōʻailona ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī ke ʻike a pili pū me ka hōʻike ʻole ʻana o ke ʻano, i ʻike pinepine ʻia i nā wahine a me nā kaikamahine. Ua ʻike ʻia au me kahi hōʻike hui, ʻo ia hoʻi ke hōʻike nei au i nā hōʻailona mai nā ʻāpana ʻelua.

Ma kāna kumu, ʻo ADHD kahi ʻano neurological a me ke ʻano e pili ana i ka hana o ka lolo a me ka lawe ʻana o dopamine. ʻO Dopamine ka kemika i loko o kou lolo e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka hauʻoli a me ka hauʻoli āu e loaʻa ai mai ka hana ʻana i kahi hana āu e makemake ai. No ka mea, ʻaʻole hana koʻu lolo i kēia kemika e like me ka hana ʻana o ka lolo neurotypical, pono ia e noʻonoʻo me ke ʻano o kaʻu hana ʻana me nā hana "hoʻoluhi" a i ʻole "ma lalo o ka hoʻoulu ʻana". ʻO kekahi o kēia mau ala ma o ke ʻano i kapa ʻia ʻo "stimming," a i ʻole nā ​​​​hana hou i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻoikaika i ka lolo i hoʻoulu ʻia (ma laila mai ka ʻohi ʻana a i ʻole ka ʻohi manamana lima). He ala ia e hoʻopunipuni ai i ko mākou lolo i mea e hoʻoulu ai i ka hoihoi i kekahi mea a mākou e makemake ʻole ai.

Ke nānā nei i hope, aia nā hōʻailona ma laila…ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike i ka mea e nānā ai i kēlā manawa. I kēia manawa ua hana hou au i ka noiʻi ʻana i kaʻu maʻi maʻi, ua maopopo iaʻu ke kumu e hoʻolohe mau ai au i ke mele ke hana au i nā haʻawina home, a pehea e hiki ai iaʻu ke hīmeni pū me nā mele mele. oiai Heluhelu wau i kahi puke (kekahi o kaʻu ADHD "mana nui," manaʻo wau hiki iā ʻoe ke kapa iā ia). A i ʻole, no ke aha wau e hoʻopaʻa mau ai a ʻohi paha i koʻu mau manamana lima i ka wā o ka papa. A i ʻole no ke aha wau i makemake ai e hana i kaʻu haʻawina home ma ka papahele ma mua o ka pākaukau a i ʻole ka papaʻaina. Ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa, ʻaʻohe hopena maikaʻi ʻole kaʻu mau hōʻailona i kaʻu hana ma ke kula. He ʻano keiki quirky wale nō wau.

ʻAʻole a hiki i koʻu puka ʻana mai ke kulanui a hele i ke ao "ʻoiaʻiʻo" aʻu i manaʻo ai he mea ʻokoʻa loa iaʻu. Ke hele ʻoe i ke kula, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia kou mau lā no ʻoe. Haʻi kekahi iā ʻoe i ka wā e pono ai ʻoe e hele i ka papa, haʻi nā mākua iā ʻoe i ka manawa e ʻai ai, hōʻike nā kaʻi iā ʻoe i ka wā e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ai ʻoe a me kāu mea e hana ai. Akā, ma hope o kou puka ʻana a haʻalele i ka hale, pono ʻoe e hoʻoholo i ka hapa nui o ia mea no ʻoe iho. Me ka ʻole o kēlā hale i koʻu mau lā, ʻike pinepine wau iaʻu iho i kahi kūlana o "ADHD paralysis." E hopohopo nui wau i ka hiki ʻole o nā mea e hoʻokō a hiki ʻole iaʻu ke hoʻoholo i ke ʻano o ka hana e hana ai a no laila ʻaʻole e hoʻokō i kekahi mea.

ʻO ia ka manawa aʻu i hoʻomaka ai e ʻike he ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī iaʻu ke "ʻelemakule" ma mua o ka nui o koʻu mau hoa.

ʻIke ʻoe, paʻa nā pākeke me ADHD i kahi hopu-22: pono mākou i ka hoʻolālā a me nā hana maʻamau e kōkua iā mākou e hakakā i kekahi o nā pilikia a mākou e kū nei. ka mana hana, ka mea e pili ana i ka hiki o ke kanaka ke hoʻonohonoho a hoʻonohonoho mua i nā hana, a hiki ke hoʻoikaika i ka hoʻokele manawa. ʻO ka pilikia, pono mākou i nā mea i ʻike ʻole ʻia a hoihoi e hoʻokomo i ko mākou lolo. No laila, ʻoiai ʻo ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā hana maʻamau a me ka hahai ʻana i ka papa hana maʻamau, ʻo ia nā mea hana nui a nā poʻe me ADHD e hoʻohana ai e mālama i kā lākou mau hōʻailona, ​​​​e hoʻowahāwahā mākou i ka hana like i kēlā me kēia lā (aka hana maʻamau) a pale i ka haʻi ʻia ʻana i ka mea e hana ai (e like me ka hahai ʻana i kahi hoʻonohonoho i ka papahana).

E like me kāu e noʻonoʻo ai, hiki i kēia ke hoʻopilikia i ka wahi hana. Noʻu, ʻike pinepine ʻia ka paʻakikī i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana a me ka hoʻonohonoho mua ʻana i nā hana, nā pilikia me ka hoʻokele manawa, a me ka hoʻolālā pilikia a me ka hahai ʻana i nā papahana lōʻihi. Ma ke kula, ua ʻike ʻia kēia e ʻimi mau ana i nā hoʻokolohua a waiho i nā pepa e kākau ʻia i mau hola ma mua o ka pau ʻana. ʻOiai paha ua loaʻa iaʻu i ke kula haʻahaʻa loa, ʻike mākou a pau i ka haʻahaʻa loa o ka kūleʻa i ka honua ʻoihana.

No laila, pehea wau e hoʻokele ai i kaʻu ADHD i hiki iaʻu ke kaulike i ka hana a kula puka kula ʻoiai e lawa ana ka hiamoe, hoʻoikaika mau, mālama i nā hana o ka hale, loaʻa ka manawa e pāʻani ai me kaʻu ʻīlio, a aole e puhi ana…? ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole wau. ʻAʻole i nā manawa a pau. Akā, ke hoʻopaʻa nei au i ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana iaʻu iho a me ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā hoʻolālā mai nā kumuwaiwai aʻu i ʻike ai ma ka pūnaewele. Nui koʻu kahaha, ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi ala e hoʻohana ai i ka mana o ka pāpaho no ka maikaʻi! ʻO ka mea kupaianaha, ʻo ka hapa nui o kaʻu ʻike e pili ana i nā hōʻailona ADHD a me nā ʻano hana no ka hoʻokele ʻana iā lākou mai nā mea hana ʻike ADHD ma Tiktok a me Instagram.

Inā he mau nīnau kāu e pili ana iā ADHD a makemake paha ʻoe i kekahi mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a me nā hoʻolālā eia kekahi o kaʻu mau punahele:

@hayley.honeyman

@adhdoers

@ka hoʻonohonoho maʻamau

@theneurodivergentnurse

@currentadhdcoaching

Resources

[1]. chadd.org/for-adults/women-and-girls/