Methylphenidate treatment outcomes and gender differences in attentional deficit and hyperactivity disorder with epilepsy: a follow-up study

[...]in the general group, all the differences between epileptic and non-epileptic males and ST-1/2, ST-1/3, SEC-1/2 and SEC-1/3 measurements in nonepileptic females were statistically significant. [...]it can be concluded that ADHD-AD cases with epilepsy are significantly different than ADHD-CT cases with epilepsy regarding mean Stroop scores. Psychiatric comorbidities are common (37-77%) in epileptic children and adolescents.38 Similarly, in our study, rate of psychiatric diagnosis accompanying epilepsy+ADHD cases is 63.8%. Besides ADHD, the most common diagnosis was disruptive behavioral disorder (36.2%), followed by anxiety disorders (23.4%) and other disorders (4.3%). [...]It is recommended that regular follow-up is necessary for drug interactions' clinical observation and rating scales' the presence/absence of seizures and their frequency' and the clinical severity of ADHD in patients ADHD.