Want To Have Kids I Suffer With ADHD Anxiety Will They Be Affected By This?

Posted on Mon, 2 Nov 2020

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Question : I’ve been affected by alcohol and smoking from my mom while I was in the womb. Not to an extreme I have an average iq but I suffer with ADHD anxiety and sometimes depression and have always been quite small. The thing is I still want kids in my future I just want to know will they be affected by this?

Answered by Dr. Heang Chan Raksmey (48 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
There is no clear study that it can affect your fertility in the future.

Detailed Answer:
Hello and thank you for your question. Hope I can be of help for you today. The result of the child exposed to mother drinking alcohol and smoking are at risk of the development of childhood psychopathology and ADHD. There is no clear study that it can affect your fertility in the future. If you want to know you can consult with a fertility hospital they may check your sperm level.

I hope that I can help you, and please let me know if you have any clarification or question about that, and I would be welcome to discuss it with you further. I Hope your son has good health.

Best regards,
Dr. Heang Chan Raksmey, General and Family Physician

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