conditions related to ADD? in addion to or in stead of add?
I have a 12 year old diagnosed with ADD, not the hiper active type at all. She has been considered gifted and above her age many times in academic mesurment tests. However she is emotionally very inmature, In fact she enjoys the company of little kids better than kids her age. Her day dreaming and attention problem gets so bad that she nearly flunk school because of the ammount of asignments she forgets to submit or even make some thimes. She is painfully shy and some times anxious. I worry that this is starting to afect her self esteem. I suspect she may have something else, I mean in adition or instead of ADD. Any sugestions? By the way, we live in San Diego.
Cielo
Thank you for your question and welcome to ADHDCentral.com.
Many children with ADHD are emotionally immature as compared to their chronological age. The symptoms you have described: emotionally immature, painfully shy, day dreaming, are all symptoms of ADHD (Inattentive Type).
It would be impossible to say whether your daughter has something else as well. This would need to be discussed with your doctor.
I am giving you links to articles that may be helpful:
Differentiating ADD and ADHD: Diagnosis, Symptoms and Treatment
I hope this information helps.
Eileen
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