Re: Undiagnosed ADHD and heart attacks……???

[Anonymous]

Squirrel, I believe that ADD can be a contributing factor to a lot of health issues, but I don’t believe that it’s ever a root cause.

I’ve seen the same thing that you have. My father is type-2 diabetic, was on several cholesterol medications over the past 14 years, and had bypass surgery on June 1, 2009.

He has all the same symptoms–brilliant man with a bad temper, no dietary discipline, high blood pressure, and a smoker for 50 years. The drugs they gave him to handle diabetes and cholesterol made him even worse for a while. Almost unbearable to be in his presence.

Compound that with a belief that if he wasn’t working himself to the point of exhaustion and poor health, he wasn’t fulfilling his obligation as a good father and husband. (that came from his father)

Now re-mix the ingredients of that recipe, but throw a healthy portion of ADD first. It makes everything worse. Like putting too much yeast in the dough.

My father is a really good man but he requires a lot of understanding, patience, and you need a thick skin if you’re going to work for him. He’s doing fine now physically, but I don’t think he has any idea how he got where he is. I spent the first 35 years of my life trying to be JUST LIKE HIM. The past 10 years have been spent trying to correct those mistakes. He doesn’t understand my new approach to life and has expressed a little bit of frustration with me lately.

So I don’t believe that ADD caused his heart trouble or diabetes. I do believe that even if he had been sufficiently warned 40 years ago about the path he was choosing, he wouldn’t have been capable of making the necessary changes to prevent his heart attack. Some people just lack the capacity to do that. He and both of his parents were like that.

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