ADHD/ADD and APS

[Molly100]

I recently posted about APS and the effect it has on my brain ie brain fog, doing stupid things etc. A few days ago I watched the documentary on ADHD with Rory Bremner. I was surprised at the similarities of the condition especially the ADD part. Is there actually a link with APS? I even did an on line test and found my score on the ADD part very high, not so high on the Hyperactivity part.

[Lure2]

Hi Molly,

The brain is difficult to understand.

Also MS has some neurological symptoms similar to HS and therefor it is often mixed together.

I think when we learn more about the brain we can find a lot of similarities to other illnesses. Also that several illnesses may run in families (genetic). I wonder how many with Alzheimer or "demense" in fact are mixed up with HS/APS. Also some years ago they did a test on this site and found that there were several lefthanded with HS. A coinsidence or....?

These are thoughts from a person who is not medical trained!

Best wishes to you Molly from Kerstin in Stockholm

[MaryF Administrator]

There will be many overlapping areas in neurology, not sure that there is a direct link though. MaryF

[WendyWoo50]

I believe I ve read that sometimes people with Hughes are diagnosed with epilepsy!

More in the variety of neurological symptoms x

[GinaD]

IMHO, there may be a link-inflammation! A gluten-free diet also helped me reduce the brain fog days. I didn't think it could get any better until I went on a very low carb diet. Now I have even less brain fog – I'm not forgetting where I put my glasses or my keys as often, I'm able to read new challenging material without revisiting the same paragraph two or three times. Yes, the low-carb diet was tough at first – but now that I am profiting from the results I will never go back to eating the way I did before.

[Molly100]

Thanks APsnot Fab it was pretty amazing how many of the characteristics I seem to have and a little scary. but of course I know that maybe some of these are also the same for APS sufferers.