Intellectual disability

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Hello I have intellectual disability I went to a psych while back and I was snapping my fingers and slapping my belly really fast he asked me if anyone had ever told me that I might have Tourette's syndrome I said no I can't read good or spell good if I can't spell a word I use Siri on my phone and search google for how too spell it I can't do math at all I have out burst of anger I throw a chair through our house window and one time I was talking to ex girlfriend and picked up a brick in the yard and throw it through another house window I am adopted my birth cousin has ADHD and my aunt said they believe some of her grand kids have ADHD I have too other aunts that believe I have ADHD and OCD I was wondering if anyone know what the chance is that I could have something else with intellectual disability

Hi Littlesam,

According to this study http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/193/5/364.full there is a 37.1% chance of having a co-occuring mental illness with intellectual disability.

That means it's fairly common for people diagnosed with intellectual disability to have another diagnosis.

Welcome to the forum.

The combination: ADHD, OCD and Tourette Syndrome is very common. Many ppl with Tourette Syndrome also have ADHD and/or OCD. So if I were you, I would go to a psychiatrist to find out if you have those disorders or not (or another one).