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Treating ADHD and Reading Disorders

About 30% of children with ADHD also have even if your child does not have a known
some form of reading disorder, such as reading disability, treating his ADHD may
dyslexia. Recently, a study was done to still improve his reading ability
examine whether or not ADHD treatment significantly.
helped these children with their reading The results of the study were not all
problems. The study was funded by the good, however. A number of children had
pharmaceutical company, Eli Lilly and side effects from taking the medication,
Company and was done using their flagship though none of them serious. Yet
product, Strattera. Strattera is known to cause some serious
In this 16 week study compared two groups side effects, including abnormal mood
of ADHD children. The first group fluctuations and even suicidal thoughts.
consisted of 20 children with ADHD who Conclusion
had no diagnosed reading disorder. The The results of this study suggest that a
second group consisted of 36 ADHD child's ADHD interferes with the child's
children who also had a diagnosed reading normal ability to read. I say this
disability. because even children with no known
After taking Strattera for 16 weeks, both reading disability were able to make
groups of patients showed almost 50% significant gains in reading level just
improvements in their ADHD symptoms like by receiving treatment for their ADHD.
inattentiveness, hyperactivity and If this is true then it should not matter
impulsivity. Additionally, children who how you treat the ADHD, as long as you do
had a reading disorder jumped two years something to treat it.
in reading skills from their level before With that in mind, significant
the study. Interestingly, the children improvements in reading ability should
without reading disabilities also occur when you use other treatments for
improved their reading skills by almost a ADHD, such as Ritalin, other stimulants,
year and a half. Improvements in reading or even natural ADHD treatments. Since
ability as well as reading comprehension no one has yet to investigate the use of
were shown in both groups. Also, other treatments for treating ADHD and
advances in spelling ability were reading disorders, no one can say for
recorded for both groups. The ADHD group sure whether or not this speculation is
jumped almost nine months and the group true.
who had a reading disorder along with All that we really know so far about the
ADHD jumped almost 10 months. connection of ADHD and reading disorders
This study is significant for a number of is that in one small study, ADHD children
reasons. First of all, up to 30% of ADHD both with and without reading
children also have reading disabilities. disabilities were able to make
While there is no real evidence that significant gains in their reading level
having a reading disorder makes a child's when their ADHD was treated. This study
ADHD symptoms any worse, it definitely points out that it is extremely important
has a negative impact of school to treat ADHD and that such treatment
performance. The study also shows that should help school performance.




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