Comorbid —- ADD Tip o the day 257

Comorbid refers to conditions that go along with the primary problem, in our case  ADD or ADHD.  This is not a list of our problems, but of diagnoses that often accompany them:

1. Depression – our problems set us up to get depressed – so many failures, frustrations, and assaults on our self esteem, which is often low to begin with.

2. Anxiety, with or without panic attacks – we often feel so much pressure to perform, and that we are not cutting it or else are not going to, and we get frantic and —

3. Addictions — many possible explanations, but we do have a higher rate of addiction than the vanilla people

4. Learning disorders – often dyslexia, sometimes dysgraphia (have you every seen my handwriting?)

There may be others.  I think depression is the most common.  I plan to address these issues further, including the question – which do you treat first, the ADD or the comorbid problem?  Next time.

doug                                                                                                                                                      

Following up on ADD or ADHD and money management, there are a lot of good blogs if you google that.  Here’s one:

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I could have ADDed (unintended pun) some  strategies that involve involving another person.