Diagnosis of Rolandic Epilepsy in a Patient Presenting with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common neurodevelopmental disorder, and epilepsy comorbidity is common.Rolandic epilepsy (RE) is a common type of epilepsy and is similar to ADHD in terms of age of onset.In this article, we present a case of a child presenting to the child and adolescent psychiatry clinic with ADHD symptoms who was diagnosed with RE on neurological examination.A seven-year-old boy with a family history of epilepsy presented with signs of distraction, hyperactivity, and wandering around the classroom while the teacher was lecturing.The patient who was referred to a pediatric neurologist due to a family history was diagnosed with RE, and treatment was started.ADHD treatment was terminated because of worsening electroencephalogram findings.We wanted to emphasize that the diagnosis of RE should not be overlooked when considering ADHD cases that often arise in our clinic with similar complaints.