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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Bro, what? Lots of shit in this is straight up untrue. Lots of y'all already pointed out some internal in inconsistencies, but there are some fundamental claims that are just incorrect, such as ADHD having to do with the inability to focus, rather than the inability to regulate attention, which is a very important distinction. ADHD is primarily a disorder of regulation. Also, I will loudly echo what someone else also pointed out: no, you do not "overcome" ADHD. There is no cure as it is a neurodevelopmental disorder. You have the brain you have. While it's true that some number of people "grow out of" ADHD as they become an adult, many in the academic field think a good amount of those may just have come up with better coping mechanisms or are high-functioning in some other capacity.

Also, missing in the infographic are the two most helpful treatment options for anyone with ADHD: psychostimulants and consistent exercise. Stimulants are very effective for treating ADHD and actually have a lower risk for abuse compared to those without ADHD. Consistent exercise has also shown to be very reliable in reducing symptom severity, although some more studies are needed on long term effects(like, years/decades). Routines are great for people with ADHD and all, but are extremely vulnerable to discontinuation upon any disruption.

On top of that, a great injustice done by focusing(heh) on whether or not someone with ADHD is paying attention and drawing it up to an inability to do so, rather than an inability to regulate attention, is that it ignores all the other well documented areas of difficulty in regulation. Emotional volatility, sleep irregularity, inconsistent social interaction, variable cognitive recall, and especially executive dysfunction are all major parts of ADHD that strongly earn the criteria to warrant the title 'Disorder', as these are things that will certainly disrupt someone's life while they occur on a daily basis. If someone with ADHD is having difficulty completing a task due to their sudden inability to regulate their executive functions, well golly, don't they look like "they're just lazy" or "they just don't want it bad enough" or "they're not even trying" or "they just need to quit fucking around and do it" or any other unhelpful and inaccurate cliche, when in reality, they're struggling mightily to turn their intent into action because of their ADHD. Funny that the disorder is named after the two most prominent observations that someone without the disorder would be inconvenienced by.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

And the amount of undiagnosed adults is missing. There are very little reasons why ADHD would just disappear when growing up. People simply suppress their emotions.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

ADHD isn't an emotion that can be suppressed.

Most adults develop cooping mechanism. Some of which are describe here such as having a routine. That does mean they don't have ADHD thought. Most are simply never diagnosed.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

It's also conveniently missing that adults affected by ADHD are up to 6x more likely to also have depression than adults without ADHD.
Kind of an important point if you want your kid to actually live to adulthood.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah. It's annoying when people pretend these things are superpowers by ignoring the negative effects which stigmatizes anyone struggling with it.

"There are famous people who succeeded with it! Many become business owners! Why are you still you? You're obviously not trying."

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

And let's see some statistics on those business owners.
Are they actually successful, or just 3x more likely to start a business on impulse and then 5x more likely to go bankrupt because of ADHD?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The guide mostly only talks about children, and then about people who overcame ADHD? Yeah no.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

I thought that. Famous people diagnosed with ADHD might be better wording.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

They should have said 59% vs 57%....no clue why they choose that. I did a double take on it as well

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Also, I in 10 children are diagnosed with ADHD, but 1 in 20 have symptoms? Does that mean we're diagnosing a bunch of asymptomatic kids?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What an awful font for the types

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

i love cool and unnecessary fonts but this design in particular just hurts to look at.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

1 in 10 US children have been diagnosed with ADHD, and 1 in 20 have ADHD symptoms?

Did I read that right? Half of kids diagnosed with ADHD in the US have no symptoms?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Generally it would mean "and another 1 in 20". So then of the kids who are not diagnosed, 1 in 20 still show symptoms.