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And then the fire nation attacked (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by Stamets@lemmy.world to c/adhd@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[-] anachrohack@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Why does it seem like ADHD is the new Autism self-diagnosis? I've met a lot of people lately who have self-diagnosed themselves with ADHD.

[-] Catoblepas 23 points 2 days ago

Because it was wildly under diagnosed in many places until recently, and if you weren’t a white boy you were a lot less likely to be correctly diagnosed.

[-] anachrohack@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I thought the consensus was that it was wildly OVER diagnosed in the late 90s to make kids shut up in school

edit: Oh lmao I just realized was sublemmy I'm in

[-] Catoblepas 20 points 2 days ago

That was the pop culture take on it, that doesn’t mean that’s what the evidence shows.

[-] Lumidaub@feddit.org 8 points 2 days ago

How exactly would your answer be different if you'd realised where you were?

[-] anachrohack@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

My answer wouldn't have changed, I just would've realized why I'm getting the same response over and over lol

[-] Gismonda@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

This is probably because you are stating your subjective opinion in a rude & condescending way, instead of providing any peer-reviewed data to back up your claims.

tl;dr/succinct version - you are full of shit