Posted by chujoe on June 16, 2010, at 5:47:52
In reply to Re: My doctor doesn't believe i have ADHD, posted by violette on June 15, 2010, at 21:38:07
>>My child was diagnosed with ADHD/ADD, to a T, at age 8. Sometimes I think ADD is a type of anxiety, much like OCD is a type of anxiety (as well as PTSD), a malfunction of brain circuitry. Some people who I know with ADD are very OCD (I don't think of OCD primarily as the common belief of washing hands excessively, etc. People can have the O without the C.<<
This may be the clearest and most accurate few words I've ever read on the subject! My ADHA dx came about because I was being treated for severe anxiety with obsessional thinking (the O w/o the C) and it's very clear to me that the two are intertwined -- a combination of brain "wiring" and early environmental / experiential factors.
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