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My daughter has hashimotos, my son and I have ADHD. It makes sense to treat thyroid issues and get that under control before trying to treat ADHD. In the determination of ADHD, I would look back to your childhood, when presumably you did not have thyroid issues, and see if ADHD is still a fit for your behavior.
At times I think that my ADHD diagnosis might be wrong. I have been fairly successful, there was not a big history or evaluation made on me, basically a TOVA test which I think was given way too early in the morning, and an offspring who obviously has it. But then I look at how I was as a child, a teen, etc., up to today and I see how perfectly ADHD explains everything. Must be true. (My son’s first grade teacher once said, “I didn’t understand why James was the way he was until I met his dad.” 😆 )
I don’t believe there is a correlation between ADHD and thyroid issues, but some of the symptoms are common to both.
What was the question? Am I rambling? Squirrel!!!
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