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