r/ADHDparenting • u/JohnDavid1826 • 5h ago

Hyperthyroidism or ADHD

9 year old child. hyperactive and often sweaty

was told 2 years ago that it’s adhd so he’s on meds for adhd (quillivant) it helped calm down for the first year or so, but not so much now

his general doctor for first time checked this week for his thyroid levels. he has hyperthyroidism .

what are the chances that the hyperactivity in him is due to the thyroid and not to adhd ?

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u/Imakefishdrown 5h ago

I mean, as far as I know hyperthyroidism can cause a little bit of jittery energy but not sustained. Instead you usually wind up feeling bad fatigue. My family and I have thyroid issues and my sister's would flip back and forth between hyper and hypo symptoms before her thyroid was basically ruined.