I hate the discourse around ADHD over-diagnosis, because few people are unable to distinguish between:
a. Lazy parents giving their rambunctious 7 year old stims because they aren't perfectly obedient little kids.
b. People with inattentiveness having serious problems fitting within the parameters society expects them to function.
People then use their perception of A to determine that B are just lazy, poorly-behaved people who have a fake condition used to excuse impulsivity and not paying attention.
Half of everyone I mention having ADHD to looks at me in disgust like I'm a drug addict undeserving of any consideration differing from neurotypical people.
It's possible for a condition to be simultaneously overdiagnosed and underdiagnosed (if the wrong people are being diagnosed). I've never heard anyone else make that observation.
We should print and frame that first sentence. Lots of children are prescribed that don't need it and many more are never diagnosed because young life is already so structured for you.
I hate the discourse around ADHD over-diagnosis, because few people are unable to distinguish between:
a. Lazy parents giving their rambunctious 7 year old stims because they aren't perfectly obedient little kids.
b. People with inattentiveness having serious problems fitting within the parameters society expects them to function.
People then use their perception of A to determine that B are just lazy, poorly-behaved people who have a fake condition used to excuse impulsivity and not paying attention.
Half of everyone I mention having ADHD to looks at me in disgust like I'm a drug addict undeserving of any consideration differing from neurotypical people.
It's possible for a condition to be simultaneously overdiagnosed and underdiagnosed (if the wrong people are being diagnosed). I've never heard anyone else make that observation.
We should print and frame that first sentence. Lots of children are prescribed that don't need it and many more are never diagnosed because young life is already so structured for you.