Posted by SLS on June 8, 2005, at 6:15:56
In reply to ADD versus mood disorders, posted by yesac on June 7, 2005, at 12:30:15
> I just was wondering... Does anyone here who has NOT been diagnosed with ADD but does have a mood disorder have attention problems? I'm just wondering how common attention/concentration problems are in mood disorders. Are the attention problems not present when your mood is okay?
I have bipolar disorder, stuck in the depressive phase. My cognitive impairments have been so impaired as to have two doctors describe them as dementia. Dementia is one of the most prominent of my symptoms.
"Dementia" is a generic term that describes impairments in mental function. Alzheimers Disease is only one illness for which dementia manifests. There are others. Dementia is a symptom and not a disorder.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=dementia
So in answer to your question, depression can produce impairments of concentration and memory all by itself and in the absence of ADD.
- Scott
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