dyslexia and ADD

Hello all,

          I was diagnosed with dyslexia as a child. I went to a special school (around grade 3) for two years to help learn a new way to write and read. It worked for the most part, though to this day, to my shame I saddly still fall back to the old ways when I am tierd or in a rush. I  will invert an E or b, or transpose words in sentences, or become confused on how to spell simple words anyone past the second grade could master.

          I also believe I have ADD, and I wonder if they are often seen together in individuals?

           I have this horrible problem remembering peoples names, oh I remember thier faces all to well, but I draw a horrid blank on names. I will often call someone the wrong name, confusing two people. I cover this by mumbling the name i think is theirs,  or fake it, with a "Hey, hows it going"

         Sometimes this can get really embarrasing, because I do this allot, and I am unsure how to remedy this. If its a person I deal with day in and day out,  I never forget the name, but if its been a while, or they just introduced themselves there is a good chance I am black before I reach out to shake their hands.

        I don't know if this is dyslexia or ADD, or maybe I am showing some kind of disrespect by not forcing their name into my memory.

        Sometime I think people might think i'm and idiot, I hope not, because I think I am a fairly bright, caring fellow with lots of insight and compassion, I just do odd stupid things to cover up my short commings...

                                                                                    Hmmmm

Hey Just Dave,

I forget peoples names all the time too.  I've gotten over being embarassed about it though and just warn all new people I meet ahead of time that I'm really bad with names and that I will probably be asking them again what their name is.  This approach kind of puts them off guard and relieves any embarassment in asking them again.  I think this is definetely ADHD as I don't have dyslexia.  I have read many places where dyslexia is often comorbid with ADHD though.

-Gettingagrip-

ideaspring,

That is the medical term.  Following find the dictionary.com entries I could find.  I didn't know of another term so I tried some thesaurus entries but came up empty.

Main Entry: co·mor·bid
Pronunciation: (")kO-'mor-b&d
Function: adjective
: existing simultaneously with and usually independently of another medical condition <laparoscopic surgery for symptomatic gallstones may be contraindicated by comorbid cardiopulmonary disease>

Main Entry: comorbid
Function: adjective
Definition: pertaining to two diseases which occur together, such as ADHD and depression

-Gettingagrip-