Dyslexia and ADHD: Which Is It or Is It Both?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ค. 2024
- Let's have a look at Dyslexia and ADHD. How are they different, and what similarities should you be aware of? Often we see that either dyslexia or ADHD is diagnosed, while in reality, it's both. This video looks closely at 6 ADHD symptoms and how they overlap with dyslexia. Some symptoms can be observed in both individuals with ADHD and dyslexia, like, for example, forgetfulness. Some signs look similar, but the underlying cause is different. In such cases, we must take a closer look to discover what is happening.
⏰ Timetable:
00:00 - Intro
00:37 - Symptoms 1-6
03:48 - ADHD and Dyslexia Test
🙋🏼♂️ My name is Arije, and I am a dyslexic with an MA in Education Studies. I aim to share all my tips for learning, coping, teaching, and more on my channel. For dyslexics, educators, and parents alike, I want to make videos that inform and inspire you to reframe dyslexia.
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I'm 53 years old. And when I was in school there was no such thing as ADHD dyslexia. They simply said I had a learning disability. I remember testing in high school and scoring extremely high on comprehensive things but extremely low on reading and writing. Which extremely confused the teaching folks. But I have owned and operated a landscaping company for 37 years. And have been very successful. It's just been The last six or seven years that I've come to understand that what I have is dyslexia. If there's something that I am extremely interested in then I can focus like a laser beam. If it's not something I'm interested in then I am a zombie. But in general I have an extremely bad memory. Thank God for smartphones😅
i was diagnosed at the age of 12. I used to live in greece and my teachers there just thought i was dumb lol. When i moved to belgium i was diagnosed in the first couple months of school. Now im 26 and wondering if I also have adhd, but diagnostic centers cost so much lol, these vids are helpful tho!
I am really happy that they are helpful to you :)
I enjoyed your videos. It is nice to find some videos on both ADHD and Dyslexia. I was diagnosed in the spring of this year at age 36 with both. I really never knew anything about ADHD or dyslexia. It was never talked about in my circle of family or friends. I went through life Just living and surviving. I graduated college, Held a number of different Jobs, always active in school. I will never forget the first time I heard the Word dyslexia to my knowledge. I was in my mid 20 still in college and my Husband told me he was Dyslexic, so I googled it and I was Like this is Me all the way. I always had so many work arounds to make it through life it was always so hard, but I just pushed though best I could. I really forgot about it and continued to live life. In 2020 I was on a zoom call with some ladies in a financial group and one of the ladies mentioned she had ADHD so Agin I went down the rabbit whole and researched it I was in tears this explained so much. I am a mom of 3 and have been transitioning to homeschooling my kids but have struggled for year worrying if I was good enough or capable enough to teach my kids. It was one thing to deal with me when it was just me but putting 3 kids in the mix that a different constant change all the time every couple of years its different. I have a college degree, but there was so much I did not learn growing up I really did a lot of fake it till you make it. So I finally went through the process of getting tested for Dsylexia and ADHD. I really thought that it would be validating to have the diagnosis, but it didn't change life for me in the way I was hoping. Now I'm in the process of navigating finding the help I need in this stage of being a wife, mom, teacher, and all the other things life brings my way. I am trying to get better at connecting with people asking and finding the help I need. I love teaching my kids. Its been a fun experience to actually learn and understand things I didn't have a clue about In elementary school. I live in the North Dallas area not sure if anyone knows of good support from people who specialize in both. Some good audio books recommendations would be great too. Thanks for letting me share and thanks for the recourse.
Me exact feelings, emotions and situation 😢
The best video ever described two factors. I am not the lucky one whose digitised way too late. Almost at the age of 40. I strongly advise parents to take this serious because when it's late the impact is huge. Don't listen to the people who tell you don't lable your child with these factors. Instead, find out the factor and search for a good coach if you want to have a bright future foe your children
No "self test" video thing had made so much sense more then this one. It's like 20 years of questioning myself has finally been answered. Now I have a clear idea of what go ask doctors about. Thank you so much for these videos
I was diagnosed with ADHD in my 60s and my diagnosis for dyslexia did not come until my 40s. So my formative years in school and in life were challenging. The question : How do I disguise my stupidity? My grades in school were always fairly good, but it came with extreme effort. I am 70 years old now, and have just completed a group tour through New Zealand. The emphasis was on hiking, which I excel at. All of my cloaks of camouflage came off as I stumbled time and time again to be organized and to be on time for the tight schedule that was imposed. It was totally embarrassing for me because I was with five women from the same hometown that had invited me to go on this tour. I can’t imagine what they are thinking. They got to watch my wheels come off. I flew in from New Zealand with the tour to LA today. My connecting flights to my small town in Montana fell through for me because I reserved the flight on the wrong day. So here I sit in my hotel room. A very expensive mistake but a familiar one. There were so many times during this trip when you were traveling with 14 people where I felt uncomfortable and slightly overwhelmed. It is very hard to be “ON” for 18 days. I look forward to getting home. I live by myself, so I don’t have to be in disguise mode. My crazy mind is always there reminding me of how inept and stupid I am. It is times like this that I have to remind myself that I have been very successful as a human being, because, I am kind, I am intuitive, and see through a different lens. my lens sees patterns and textures in the natural world. My lens can sense in a moment if someone needs a kind smile. My heart is spontaneous and joyful. That is what I focus on.
I wasn't diagnosed until 3rd grade which blows my mind since I was writing in mirror image since kindergarten and couldn't understand reading comprehension exercises. At the time they missed my ADHD diagnosis because they thought only boys got ADHD. There's definitely a lot of overlap between the two, working memory issues especially.
I'm 42. I've recently started using Grammarly; it's been a game-changer. 15 is when I found out I had ADHD, but I knew nothing about dyslexia, and now everything is making sense, so I'm possible on day one with that. I just wanted to say thank you. Your videos have been eye-opening for me, and I'm looking into getting tested for dyslexia so I can better understand myself.
I have always struggled with school and many parts of adulting. To the point I gave up on college twice! It wasn’t until my ADHD diagnosis, at age 32, and medication that I finally started to feel like I wasn’t a completely failure.
After going down a rabbit hole learning about dislexia I found your videos. Now at the “ripe old” age of 43 I’m going to be looking into testing for dislexia and the math thing. I checked off most of your mini test questions. Since I’ve just started college again it’s worth the time and cost to get a diagnosis.
If I do have one or both, with the proper supports, maybe this time I’ll succeed.
Excellent channel! Thank you, Arije. Keep up the good work! I was diagnosed as dyslexic ten years ago while writing up a PhD. I had always thought I could “do better” in my areas of weakness if only I tried harder. But the organisational demands of the doctorate brought me to crisis point. My diagnosis gave me additional support and a growing understanding of how my dyslexia affects me. With help I was able to complete the PhD. My main strengths lie in resolving large and complex problems, and I am convinced that my brain’s wiring gives me an advantage there. I’m weakest at organising my research and writing up conclusions. As to your video, a relative of ours was recently diagnosed with ADHD. In learning about her symptoms I have begun to wonder if I am one of the 40% you mentioned who have both dyslexia and ADHD. But, as you say, it seems difficult to distinguish between the causes behind overlapping symptoms.
Great to hear that your diagnosis has been helpful to you. And PhDs get all kinds of people to their limits, dyslexics and non-dyslexics alike. But having a support system in place really helps. My wife is now part of a research group in which they support each other through the process. The has been a real game-changer.
Dyslexia was noticed at the age of 8 years old but for a lot of reasons i got my diagnosis at the age of 28. I'm not really suspected to have ADHD but I am in the waiting line for an ASD assessment, that was not suspended at all until I had my dyslexic diagnosis, and was a few years more before it was seriously suggested and suspected. I also has a history of anxiety, that has been known since my teens, and depression has recently been taken seriously.
Math and history was my favourite subject at a young age. I scramble the symbols order letters and numbers and the multiplication tables was the first math concept I really had to work with. I still have some issues with complex math but mostly it's related to my spatial awareness left, right, up and down. I prefer to write out all calculations to make sure I don't scramble it, double check with calculator but I do not think I have dyscalculia in any way or form. Statistics and when I'm not recently worked with I have some issues with calculus or even advanced algebra but just the fact that I like these subjects and finding math relaxing even if I'm not as fluent in the mathematical language and have some work to do with practical math some times say clearly I don't have dyscalculia. I generally test high on ADHD checklists but ASD Dyslexia anxiety and stress explains the symptoms much better so thank you for mentioning that in your video on ADHD it calmed me down a lot.
And sorry for long text, and over sharing info dump. A classic don't ask someone with ASD traits a question you don't want to hear the answer to. We can avoid answering but it's more likely you get the extended answer.
ADHD was overlooked when I was a child, and I've still yet to go get diagnosed, while Dyslexia was pointed out during a spelling test where my teacher had us write the words and I knew how to spell each word just all my B's and D's were swapped, my only solution when writing was to think of my own name lol. This problem persist to this day and I've came to terms with it when I was in middle school I found myself avoiding "real literature" aside from comics/manga, yugioh cards and the occasional naruto Light novel ( can't bring myself to read other lightnovels of other series let alone full novels...that's just a slug-fest).
Professionally while in my duty uniform I've had a couple Sergeants suggest I get tested because they have adhd and they can clearly see I show signs of having it and it'll be in my best interest to find out if it's that or something else... Until I explained to them I'm quite dyslexic and its not just "oh you just sucked at spelling"... I can verbally spell the words... Just writing without thinking of my own name causes issues or the fact I take longer to read because I have to re-read constantly lol
Hi, thanks for your video. I just got diagnosed with ADHD a week ago, and because of your video, now I know I have dyslexia too. And that's when it all starts to make sense-the difficulties I've had, such as struggling to remember numbers, locations, months, etc.
I was born in 1975, my parents always told me that I was lazy and got frustrated with me. at work, I never progressed in my field. I tried my best and I have tried hard. However, you always notice there is a limit to what you can do with yourself in terms of performance and a limit on communicating this to the people around you.
Same here. I actually was challenged on my job. I was told it's not ADHD or dyslexia I'm just a poor performer. I thought to myself.... wow, this work relationship is ruined.
Thank you for the video. I was diagnosed with both this year in my 40’s. I struggle to understand what diagnosis to blame when having a tough time !
I was actually working, trying to find videos for my child's English class, when I found you and got pulled in. I took a screening for dyslexia when I was 36 and it helped explain a lot. I did well in school and in college, and it makes me wonder how much better I would have done had I been diagnosed as child. Now I am finding I have so many symptoms of ADHD that I wonder if that might explain other problems I had growing up. This has been so enlightening and really worth getting enthralled by during my work. Also, how inspiring to know that you accomplished so much even with dyslexia!
Glade to hear that it is even worth watching my videos during work hours 😉
I have so much trouble paying attention to your videos but........ I keep coming back. :) Thankyou
Glad you like them!
Yep diagnosed with dyslexia at 40 and ADHD at 55.
Both were overlooked when I was younger and my childhood was very difficult. I was diagnosed with both very late in life and many things have been a struggle. I graduated university summa, and I am a successful professional.
Hey Arije, good too see you! I hope the season finds you happy and healthy! Great video information! I like your jacket/coat! 100% overlap here but no dyscalculia(google spelled it) so on those "national" school tests with lots of reading- I never could complete them. Although if they were number problems I was a little faster than everyone else. I may have told you this but you may not remember, I was diagnosed as LD(learning disability) in 4th grade. The examiner didn't or couldn't explain the full scope of what they meant by LD , so we basically did nothing about it(they did say I could take drugs). The school pushed my reading class down a grade for only that year, More help and understanding would have been "nicer" for me but I don't think that anyone cared enough or comprehended my particular issues. I am pretty sure that is the problem, people(neurotypical) do not have any understanding of the people like us(neurodiverse). Sorry its long!
Hey Davi, I hope you are happy and healthy as well.
This is just creasy to me:"The examiner didn't or couldn't explain the full scope of what they meant by LD , so we basically did nothing about it(they did say I could take drugs)." But yes, my experience was actually similar. I got the diagnosis, and then no one knew what to do with it. I will teach German students who will become teachers at the beginning of next year. It will probably be the only time they will learn something about it while at the university.
The biggest shock came when I found out that, with my dyslexia, there was also ADHD. See, I knew I had dyslexia since 3, because I was enrolled in Pre-K early and they noticed I freely used d p q 4 9 in place of each other, in addition to not being able to spell my six-lettered name where two letters repeat. Pretty bad. Still can't spell. Only like reading because my brother would read out loud and then I wanted the rest of the story but he didn't have time. So. I. Got. Good. That and being bored during homeschool with only encyclopedias and dictionaries around, ya' adapt.
(Skip modern era) Got in the clinic a few months back to see if there was any assisted learning disclaimers to extend test and quiz time. I'm an 'A' student, but once you take away my time, quality defenestrates itself.
Well, turns out, my spacing out and inability to stick to one academic subject isn't just because when dyslexia is being wonk, but because that's just how I flow. Got the courage to tell one of my teachers about Dyslexia, but for no reason~ I don't want to tell anyone about my ADHD... I almost feel like I am expected to be the 'reliable academic' person. If they really knew that I was thinking about the max velocity of an ant and not rehearsing the bill of rights, they'll think less of me.
I was diagnosed by by school psychologist for mild dyslexia. I have had symptoms sense I was little, my mom even saw this and took me to classes that would help me learn to read better. When I found out in high school I was kind of releaved to find out because I had be wondering for so long and I felt stupid. I’m mean it sucks but just knowing that I wasn’t stupid just made me feel happy :)
Thank you very much for these videos. I came across them as I was looking up ADHD and they have confused me somewhat. I grew up multilingual and while I do not remember struggling reading in English, I did start reading whole books quite late (at about 12 years old) & writing has always been a bit of a struggle even though I did work a career that involved a lot of writing (I managed but it was always quite stressful). Meanwhile I can speak French, which is my second language (and technically mother tongue), but remembering having always struggled reading and especially writing. My third language - Japanese - I can read the very visual pictrographic kanji no problem (and actually enjoy them), but I truly struggle with the kana scripts (which are pure sounds and look quite similar to each other). I grew up in a French speaking home in Japan and went to English schools and now work in Japanese in Japan. That said , watching your videos I have started to wonder why if perhaps I have some rare form of dyslexia (I seem to share many of the traits - and I am most certainly have discalculia. And one thing for sure is that I certainly can't tell my left and right apart to this day). Or whether there is a type of dyslexia specific to bilingual or multilingual people and which only affects one or several languages? Or if I can be different shades of dyslexic depending on the language? Or perhaps this is all part and parcel of my ADHD (inattentive type) and ADHD symptoms also manifest themselves as some pseudo-dyslexia among multilingual people (perhaps we just couldn't sustain our attention long enough to learn how to spell or conjugate well enough or bother to notice the subtle difference in strokes with non-English scripts). I am curious to know whether in your studies you have come across this?
I was diagnosed with dyslexia at a young age although I wasn’t told I was dyslexic until high school ( I simply knew that I had many learning disabilities) despite years of various testing I was never diagnosed with ADHD, which I most certainly am. I attribute this to being a woman, knowing that it’s harder to recognize the symptoms in girls and women / there has been less testing done in ADHD girls
Yeah, I’m 29 years old now and just got diagnosed with ADHD. I thought I had dyslexia-that’s why I began my testing. My neuropsychologists didn’t throughly test my reading skills-as a test, I read a list of difficult words-all of which I already knew. Afterwards, when I spoke to my psychiatrist for ADHD medication, he asked how he could help me and why I was there. I told him I thought I had dyslexia, but got diagnosed with ADHD. I told him I thought I was dyslexic because of my habit of mixing my lowercase Bs and Ds for one another. He, without a breath, said, “that’s classic dyslexia.” I thought to myself, “cool, wow, at least I know now and I can work on it.” And we commenced with our appointment to other things.
I was diagnosed ADD in the 7th grade… but after watching your videos I may have dyslexia also. I am managing as an adult but I struggle time to time.
Very overlooked!!!!
Most defiantly...
This was very helpful for me. I suspect that I suffer from these conditions but it hasn't been detected yet
My ADD was overlooked when I was young they thought that I was in my own world. It was tough for my family and myself to realize that I apparently had another condition (I was diagnosed with dyslexia at a very young age) and ADD being another thing to deal with really hit me hard emotionally…
My dyslexia was overlooked because of my ADHD and during that time when I got diagnosed with ADHD there was not much of awareness for dyslexia
@@nikolugo that’s crazy fr fr
The worst thing about whatever I have or don't have is having to rewatch videos like this a billion times or reread article about it before I actually have the information it's giving me. 😭
I'm pretty sure I have both, that would explain a lot.
Hi I found your video on my childs dyslexia school forum and it explains things so simple to me. I was always told at school I lacked concentration failed exams etc spent years hating school but because I can read and write no problem couldn't figure out why I struggle with organising. I'm now a teacher doing home economics in a very good school but lately I find the pressure to organise classes hard and I'm doing a masters in food science so this has made me aware that I should get tested. If I do will there be a positive step by step process to help me. My daughter and my sister are registered dyslexia and I can see how all the help and support has helped them. Instead when I get overwhelming it makes me feel useless and like nothing I do is good enough. Anyway it was a great video thank you.
2:50 i was feeling really called out for dyslexia UNTIL THIS CAME UP… it’s literally me to a T almost spooky how accurate it is😭
My sister and mum have Dyslexia so its likely i have this too (based iff of other symptoms too!)
I have dyslexia and I also think may get ADHD TOO
I got adhd, asd and dyslexia and it was so hard to differentiate between them and to diagnose them individually
I'm 34 and I got diagnosed with ADHD when I was in first grade and then when I was 19 my college instructor brought my attention that I could be dyslexic so that same day I was watching The George Lopez Show and the episode was about dyslexia and they were telling the signs of dyslexia I was like whoa that is me to a tee always finding ways to get out of reading
Hello, can I ask what do you use for PKM and how do you manage your projects/intentions and tasks?
Thank you for your content and have a nice future. 🙂
Peter
1. I definitely make careless mistakes, but joined workshops to challenge it.
2-4. Yes I do get distracted, while trying to finish a task, so my workshop advocates and former romantic partner cued me, to work in increments with tasks breaks. I get so fatigued, towards finishing literature. I can't even finish my Japanese lesson lightning rounds, I have definitely confused dates and appointments.
5. I pack a day before, so that I don't forget anything. But there are still times, where I forget certain things I need with me.
6. Most certainly
My official diagnosis at community college and with clinician confirm all these things you pointed out
I was diagnosed with dyslexia, and other eye/vision problems around 12 years old. This seems fairly late looking back because my dad is dyslexic so I think my parents should have been more aware of the signs. I was complaining about disliking reading, spelling, headaches while reading, and taking much longer to read then many other kids my age despite being strong in other subjects. My parents likely didn't notice my inability to read for a long periods of time because I struggled to do anything for a long period of time outside of sport, playing, etc. After way too many appointments with eye doctors and specialists I was diagnosed with dyslexia. Now as an adult 27 years old. I was diagnosed as an adult with ADHD on top of my dyslexia. I developed some coping mechanisms from an early age and masked a lot. Thats how I got through school but as an adult it has led to anxiety, depression, and a host of other issues (talked about in other videos on your channel)
for what its worth my dad has both adhd and dyslexia as well but he was not diagnosed until very late. They thought he was dumb, held him back, and he never really became what we would call average literacy by today's standards. This was in the 60's and much less was known about ADHD and dyslexia.
Yes
As a child I was class as a bad egg.. until my grandparents paid for me to get assessed, then we found I had dyslexia.. but I feel that there is something more underneath.. I'm now turning 40 and lost to what I can do to find things out
I was diagnosed by the BDA with dyslexia at age 42 after my therapist had noticed that I struggled with my speech and writing. It never occurred to me that I’m neurodivergent I had always just thought I was stupid and useless so I struggle with low self esteem and depression hence therapist.
Although not officially diagnosed my research would indicate that I am also ADHD.
You mentioned that you do coaching is this something that you do in person or through zoom?
I find your videos to be very helpful thank you🙏
Simon
Hey Simon, Glad to hear you find the information I provided valuable :)
The coachings I do online via zoom with people from all over the world.
If you are interested, have a look at my website. dehaas1on1.com
I am in my 50's and not long ago was diagnosed with both. :(
I have ADHD and was finally diagnosed at 18 when I decided to go to the doctors and talk to them. But I’m also worried of dyslexia as it is prevalent in my family, my father can not even read well at all to a point where I had to spell things all the time, but I feel some issues are my adhd but then there are things such as reading letters, speaking, understanding direction and time and math especially math that I struggle with but I don’t know who to talk to because I am an adult now and I’ve gone this far. It just sucks when I’m baking and I read numbers wrong or confuse the letters in tablespoon or teaspoon. Horrible cookies have been created lol.
I was just diagnosed last year at 28 years old with ADHD and have never been diagnosed with dyslexia but I constantly struggle to read and write because I confuse vowels and letters that sound similar which makes comprehension very difficult
It was discovered that I am Dyslexic when I was in the 3rd grade. It was 1979 and as far as I know, Dyslexia was not well known. Unfortunately knowing that I was dyslexic didn't make much difference in the education that I received.
My daughter, who is 22 and a senior in collage, is also dyslexic. She was tested in the 1st grade and we were told that she was not dyslexic. She was tested again her Jr. or Sr. year in high school and they said the test was inconclusive. So she has not officially been "diagnosed" but there is no doubt that she is, for me anyway. I feel that the reason her tests were negative and inconclusive is because the tests that they gave her were for general learning disabilities, and not specifically designed for dyslexia; and possibly incompetency and/or ignorance on the part of the test proctor. Regardless, she is doing well and has a very positive attitude towards education, she just has to work a bit harder that she would otherwise.
Thank you for your efforts in educating people about dyslexia.
I literally have all of this, from both sides. Have I been completing the education system on the extreme difficulty all this time
Can dyslexia develop over time? I was tested as a child and it was negative, but the older i got the more problems i had with certain tasks which makes me think maybe the doctor missed something or it wasn't "bad enough" when i was younger. I'm currently 26, was tested when i was 9 but the problems began becoming begger once i hit 11/12
I do both of all the questions, I’ve been diagnosed with adhd and I’m 15 so idk how to bring dyslexia up to my mum
Dyslexia runs in my family. What genetic information have you found about DNA predispostion for offspring?
I have both
I literally lost my attention and now i gotta rewatch it :')
I find myself asking questions about already stated things (in class or whatnot) for a few reasons, either I’ve lost my train of thought somewhere along the line, or I need to ask a question in a very specific way to make the concept work in my brain, ie let’s say teach was teaching about how an orange is citrusy and sweet and it doesn’t click so I’ll ask something like, soooo the sweetness and citrusy flavors of the orange are prominent? And teach will just be like what the heck yeah that’s what I just said . Then I look down at my desk trying to understand what I did wrong and missing the rest of the lesson about apples or whatever I said earlier.
I’ll surely talk to my psychiatrist because I’ve been calling myself dyslexic for a few years without having a diagnosis. And I’ve been feeling I have ADHD since long before my diagnosis. But I thought the two of them were quite similar. I’m a good writer and I’m good with foreign languages, but still, spelling is my nightmare and reading out loud is awful to me. English is not my first language, I’m Brazilian, so I speak Portuguese. But everyone say I’m a good with English and Spanish. I’m almost 30 and yet somethings are extremely hard for me to assemble. Right and left? I get confused all day. I often get confused with some letters. And reading is a hard task for me. Even though I like to write. Math? A 7 year old would be better than me. And still I get high IQ levels every time I get an exam. That’s why I’ve waited 29 long years to know I have ADHD. I’ve been medicated for an year not and it’s been a pleasant journey. Still I feel like I owe to my child self to have a diagnosis and be sure I’m not just lazy or dumb. It may not look like I have trouble writing or reading, but I only could write this comment with the autocorrect feature on my phone. Also by reading and correcting it over and over again.
Any advice for forgetfulness, it's my worse issue. I struggle remembering words and loose my things 5 or more times a day.
I was diagnose when I was 6 or 7 which dislexia and some HDHD, this was in Mexico. But now I have a lot of trouble with English. Trying to get a lot of information. And how to retain everything. Can you give someone advice for those that English are a second language’s. Thank you
English is not my firat language, so beare with me. I Will become 33 this year and have allways found spelling och numbers hard. I don't have a diagnos and my schools didn't see my struggels. I have thought that I had ADHD because I am verry simular to my friend Who has it. But not everything lines up. But after talking to my partner and watching your videos about dyslexia and numbers I am rethinking. Maby thats it. I chekt 9 or 11 of your tasks/questions.
Thanks for the videos!
Any tips on other videos of yours I schoud check out?
I feel so cheated with the lack of help from my youth. After following these tests I am aware I have dyslexia, and ADHD. I would like to get help but have no idea where to go from here. I am in my 50’s. I think my mom was dyslexic as well. My granddaughter has a diagnosis of dyslexia and ADHD. My daughter only has ADHD. I feel like I want a do over with my youth. How do I get help?
At the moment I’m researching a lot and I think that maybe dyslexia and adhd might have been overlooking
My 11 yr old daughter had ADHD, Dyslexia and Dysgraphia. The specialized instructions and amount of it she needs is extraordinarily expensive, Out of our realm of possibility. She is on a wait list for an OT therapist and has been for several years. There is a lack of them wanting to work with children in my area. I worry about her a lot. I appreciate your video but wanted to ask if you were familiar with dyscalcula? My daughter's challenges together are making end roads on any one of them difficult. I tried her on about 5 different meds but the side effects were scary to me and so we stopped them. I guess she was too sensitive to them. One thing I do is go over and over and over with her extremely important information she has to remember especially for safety. Since early age I did this such as our address. She has average intelligence yet to this day depending on the day she is likely not going to be able to tell me what it is. What I have noticed is she runs the street numbers with the zip code numbers. Numbers she rights backwards more than letters too. Is this issue with numbers possibly another additional challenge?
Dyscalculia can definitely also be an additional challenge. Dyslexia and dyscalculia are actually closer related to each other than ADHD and Dyslexia. Both (Dyslexia and Dyscalculia) are officially classified as a specific learning disorder. If you would like to have a closer look at the symptoms of dyscalculia, have a look at this video: th-cam.com/video/YUw-8JfV58U/w-d-xo.html
This is the first time I have heard about kids getting meds for dyslexia. What was she taking? If you don't mind me asking.
@@ArijeAikedeHaas It was meds for ADHD her PCP tried then referred us to psychiatrist and he tried a couple before I got scared off them. The last was Wellbutrin which I take and I know its hard to get off of and the black box warning for potential suicide effects in children concerned me. So, after a few days I stopped it. I was reluctant to give her meds to begin with but after a year of the dx I decided must give it a try. She had a similar reaction to all where her resting HR would be around 160-170 bpm. She paced back and forth talking to herself. When I would make her lay down out of concern for her HR she was wide eyed and talked in like a run on sentence way. The one before Wellbutrin really scared me because she was sitting down and sweating telling me she felt like her breathing wasn't right. None showed a increase in attention that I could tell because of the other things happening with her. I was told by the nurse when I called in that sounded like common reaction when starting the meds. I don't know if thats true and if we stuck it out that those effects would have gone away. Does any of that sound normal to you?
I was just recently diagnosed at age 51 with ADHD. I was shocked because I thought she got her ADHD from her Dad and Dyslexia from my side. I don't have dyslexia but it runs in my side of the family. I did not find this out until my daughter was diagnosed but I have several cousins with it and their kids have it. I decided to get therapy because I always felt like I just couldn't get myself together. I did enough to get by but it was stressful. I thought it was because of anxiety and depression which was my dx for a couple of decades. I tried all SSRI's out there in different combinations and psychiatrist just said stay on Wellbutrin. It was the only thing that ever helped me at all. I had therapy before but at that time was in a more major depressive time. Nobody mentioned ADHD. However, I guess I got the right therapist who asked if I thought I had ADHD like she could tell I did. At first it made me a bit upset because I thought she wasn't listening to me. Never crossed my mind ever that was my problem. I thought I knew ADHD. Told my psychiatrist about what she said and he had me go through this evaluation and yes I have it the inattentive type. I am now on week two of Strattera. Since my diagnosis I have researched ADHD and so many of peoples stories I could relate to and was so me. I look back at my life as early as elementary school to now and so much makes sense and on one hand I am glad and kinda relieved to know and on the other I am upset wondering how much better my life would have been if properly diagnosed. I will never know. After finding out I had it I could understand my daughter more. I don't want her to spend so many years of her life going through what I went through
so I am back to considering trying medication again. Thank you for the information and if you made it this far into my long comment then thanks for that too!
I Think that I am dyslexic but it is so dificult to get a diagnost. They say that as an adult it is imposible to tell if I am dyslexic or not because I am able to read and write quite well in Spanish and in English. Spanish is my native Language. Since little I tend to write a lot copying texts to remember spelling and because I have an extremely weak working memory. I was good at maths as long I had a piece of paper but I am not able to manipulate numbers or information in my head. My mother could’t understand why I did well on maths in writen test but I couldn’t tell the change when I need to purchase things at a store. I struggle a lot with rests. I need to use my hands or other objects. Fist I was diagnosted with depression and axiety. Then after a lot of years I could have an ADHD diagnost but nobody buys that I could be dyslexic as well.
Bullshit thankfully. Got tested in University - went to london to a private clinic there because of problems when I wrote as in puntuation, longsentances and exactly problems with short term memory which up till then I didn’t know I had but turns out that I had learnt tricks to compensate plus intelligent but had less than 50% of short term memory to start with. Actually according to the testers that I knew the language well and had good wordskills helped not hindered my diagnosis since that meant they were more sure that my problems were related to dyslexia and not the language.
I do not know exactly where you are from, but adults get diagnosed in most parts of the world as well. I myself do in-depth screenings with adults. I have two dyslexia screenings on my channel; check them out; I think that would be a good place to start. One of them is even specifically for adults.
@@gaelle4328 I am from Buenos Aires and even I am not poor for the standards of living in my country a plane ticket to europe or USA cost half a year salary. My worry about dyslexic started when I started working. I did great at school. It was challenging but I like studying because I have always been curious so I got an accounting degree studying much more than my colleages but without impeding troubles. The problem is at a working environment where I should work at a certain speed and I couldnt handle work on time. When I speed up I make a lot of errors.
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Both… I have both 😑
Or is it too much phone use or something else? Why does everyone in the comments here and everywhere else have ADHD? If the majority of people have ADHD wouldn't that now be deemed normal? The standard?
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