It's me I have ADHD why are they so against meds

  • ProletarianDictator [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    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.

    • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      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.

      • ProletarianDictator [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        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.