Adhd symptoms in mental retardation
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I hav a 1 year old who will not stop crying he is always crying he cries when he plays he will play for about 10 minutes and begins to cry again he is always crying i have tried everything and i dont know what to do with him i am alittle worried because the father of my son has adhd and some mild mental retardation and i was beggining if this has anything to do with him crying so much PLEASE HELP.
The conners questionnaire filled out by myself and the teacher indicates ADHD in addition to learning disabilities. I would like to know if ADHD can lower IQ tet scores due to the fact that he could not concentrate on the actual test. I am aware my son has learning and behavioral disorder but I am not being able to accept the "intellectual deficiency" indicative of mental retardation.
I see alot of all the different signs of each disorder in him, except for the retardation and adhd. He is currently on concerta, yet I do not feel that he needs it. He has never been hyper, he just prefers to be alone, and goes into hysterics when his daily routine is disturbed. His iq rose 15 points in the past year, but yrt he is really behind his peers socially and academically. His therapist said she thought he had a auditory deficit. Iam so confused and do not know where to turn to.
They won't find out if baby is deaf until they do the hearing test at the hospital after baby is born.
I can tell you this much, my mother had low thyroid and is can cause mental retardation and so on and she gave birth to me. I have no neural defects no disabilities and matter of fact I am 27 and finishing up my PhD so it didn't lead to mental retardation either. It more as to do with genetics than anything else. Try not to worry about it too much. Yea it s$cks that they didn't catch and treat this at the beginning of pregnancy but better now than never right?
his mom is diagnosed with bi-polar is there a chance he might have this or do you think that it could be mild mental retardation? you can also show him 100 times how to do something and he still can not do it? I am starting to get really frustrated with him and i need help!
What has been shocking and hard to handle is his IQ score of 71. This is a low score, bordering on mental retardation from what we can tell.
So, if a child has ADHD, I assume they won't test well in a neuro-psych evaluation? That being the case, what does that say about the IQ score? If we elect to put our son on stimulants and he was to have an IQ test repeated, could we expect a better score?
Further complicating things, he had seizures last May and has been taking anti-convulsants.
Your son may well display ADHD, but it is important to arrange a thorough evaluation and not rush too quickly to the diagnosis. The on-line surveys can be useful tools to see if a person might display symptoms typical of ADHD, but a thorough assessment will consider a child's medical history, family history, current functioning at home and in school, possible alternative explanations for the symptoms identified on the surveys, etc.
Anxiety can also be accompanied with panic attacks such as a feeling of impending doom or death. Depression can cause something called psychomotor retardation. These symptoms include slowness of speech, decrease movement, and cognition difficulty.
Early onset parkinsonism can occur but is rare. A thorough neurological evaluation can differentiate parkinsonism from other etiologies.
I agree that if you are concerned about your symptoms, you should be evaluated.
I am 36 and my husband has mental retardation on his side of the family. Our specialist talked us out of our scheduled amnio at our last visit, stating that the odds of a chromosomal defect were only 1 in 4000 after our frist trimester screening came back negative. I can't find any research to substantiate her stat. Is this standard practice for a doc? Should I still have the amnio done?
difficulties with comprehension, decreased memory, headaches, weakness, numbness, uncontrolled bladder, blurred vision, legs jumpy, and has had seizures. diagnosed 2002 - ms, diagnosed 1969 - mental retardation - low iq of 72
Have always had problems with comprehension and memory but feel it has gotten worse.
We next reviewed the neuroimaging studies of 249 children and adults evaluated for mental retardation or developmental delay. A cavum septi pellucidi was found in 38 of 249 (15.3%) and a cavum vergae in 48 of 249 (19.3%) of these patients. A cavum septi pellucidi and cavum vergae were found together in 19 of 249 (7.6%).
There is no difference. Officially, only ADHD exists. It comes in three varieties: ADHD predominantly hyperactive, ADHD predominantly inattentive, and ADHD mixed type. In other words, you don't need to be hyperactive in order to be diagnosed as ADHD.
The term ADD is merely a popular abbreviation frequently (mis)used to indicate that someone is inattentive and does not display symptoms of hyperactivity.
I think a very important fact to recognize is that ODD is a very significant coexisting disorder with ADHD. In "The ADD/ ADHD Answer book," by Susan Ashley (p.53) she sites it as a coexisting disorder 33 percent of the time. Outside of learning problems, that is the highest coexisting disorder listed. Thus, one would think that perhaps that ADHD is the trigger and learning to cope with ADHD would help one also deal with ODD.
Generalized infection may occur in the infant, and symptoms may range from moderate enlargement of the liver and spleen (with jaundice) to fatal illness. With supportive treatment, most infants with CMV disease survive. However, from 80% to 90% have complications within the first few years of life that may include hearing loss, vision impairment, and varying degrees of mental retardation.
Second, there is no indication that you are experiencing any symptoms yourself, which is ultimately the key question in deciding whether or not you have a mental illness. If you think you have some symptoms of ADHD and these are making it difficult for you to function, best to seek evaluation by a professional (you can discuss this with your primary care physician for advice and/or referral).
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