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Does adhd affect physical growth?
I think I have adhd and anxiety, my therapists also feels this is the probable cause.
I have been looking into adhd since and I read about adhd affecting physical growth of an individual. I'm 23 but I look around 14. It feels like I never actually got to grow with age. Even if I consider bad nutrition as one cause, still looking 14 at 23 is not totally justified by nutrition alone.
I wanted to know if adhd could be the reason and if fmri or any other test can confirm and solve the physical development. This causes me a lot of insecurities.
Please also let me know your experience with adhd patients as I'm also looking for doctors alongwith an answer to this question would be very helpful.
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ADHD has nothing to do with your physical growth,the growth is affected that too rarely in patients on treatment for ADHD( certain medication ) which can be prevent with monitoring.
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