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Subject: Re: Depression and Dyslexia Author: Claire [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 08:05:48 05/17/11 Tue In reply to: Joan 's message, "Depression and Dyslexia" on 19:34:47 03/03/10 Wed I didn't read the replies as you have many, but dyslexia does not automatically cause depression, however, struggling in life and feeling stupid would make most people feel depressed don't you think? I was told too that my child is too young to be "depressed" but I wouldn't take no for an answer and low and behold I was right! My son has dyslexia and was struggling with depression. The depression is what finally got others to listen to what I said all along and finally get him the help he needed! Now that we are finnaly diagnosed and getting him help his depression is getting better. When he was tested it was found he is actually gifted IQ but has dyslexia and ADD. THat news alone helped him so much just knowing he isn't stupid but rather his brain just sees things differently. Dyslexia is REALLY tough to deal with for children. Often they suffer silently for longer than we realize and suffer more severely than we realize. Everyone around you can read but you struggle to read cat, not something you want to share with the world when you are scared to get teased, know what I mean? Also often times dyslexic also have ADHD or ADD and with ADD or ADHD comes self esteem issues. That is very common. I Have ADHD and feeling confident about myself has been a lifelong battle, I can't imagine how tough it would be to have that and dyslexia! Claire [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: Depression and Dyslexia Author: Eric (Miffed at the Doctors...) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 20:40:30 08/06/11 Sat Hi, As a dyslexic, I can tell you first hand that depression is a "byproduct" of dyslexia. After telling my ADD /Dyslexia doctor my story, he asked me a few questions. One of the questions that he asked me was...are you depressed? I replied after I would make a simple mistake I would go through a downspiral effect, going through too many bad memories, then I would get depressed. The bad memories start when I was a very young child. Now, as a treatment, he has put me on a mood stabalizer plus an ADD med. I just started taking them, and I have seen good results. I don't get depressed when I make a mistake, and I am no longer walking around in a mental fog. I am sure you all know I am talking about. So, in short...when a non-ADD/ADHD/Dylexia Doctor tells you there no correlation between Dylexia and depression...then he/she needs to have their "heads examined" (like we have)..because it is obvious that there is direct correlation. I'm glad I finally found a Dylexia forum. Thanks for "listening". I just signed up for this Dyslexia Newsletter. Go to these pages: http://www.dyslexia-adults.com/50.html www.worldofdyslexia.com [ Post a Reply to This Message ]