I was reading about it online Teacake, and everything I read said ADD is the same as ADHD. I was also reading about PTSD and ADHD, and the suggestion was the best thing to do "first" is treat the ADHD. I did not get a chance to look up the medications that have been found to help ADHD, I am tired as it is almost 1am where I am, sorry.

I get overwhelmed reading about ADHD to be honest because my entire life has been trying to deal with that challenge but not knowing what it was in my older brother and my husband. I tried to save them both and I am tired now, wish I had known what it was all these years, would have helped. Yeah, people don't understand them, can be mean to them I try to help but they were mean to me when they needed to vent, my entire life was "protecting them" too.

Well, from what I have read, like I mentioned, treat the ADHD first. With the PTSD the brain is hyjacked by the Amigdala which switches it over to "hyper aware" and with time and "learning, using the brain for learning" it slowly brings the brain back to functioning better.