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Do ADHD And Oppositional Defiant Disorder In A Child Lead To Schizophrenia?

my 5 year old granddaughter lives with me, has been diagnosis as ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder. She is on 2 meds, but even before that she would just sit and stare straight thru you without blinking her eyes if opposed what she wanted to. Her mother is Bipolar, paranoid schziphrenaia (spelled wrong). Wondering if she is heading down this road
Fri, 1 Apr 2016
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Hello dear from my opinion I am suggesting that there is a likelihood that she may be schizophrenic in her adulthood you can never say never in Medical illness
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Do ADHD And Oppositional Defiant Disorder In A Child Lead To Schizophrenia?

Hello dear from my opinion I am suggesting that there is a likelihood that she may be schizophrenic in her adulthood you can never say never in Medical illness