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> I've been told it can often be misdiagnosed as either or both of these two The ASD and ADHD diagnostic criteria are still too broad and imprecise. I welcome
by DaiPlusPlus 6y ago
> I've been told it can often be misdiagnosed as either or both of these two
The ASD and ADHD diagnostic criteria are still too broad and imprecise. I welcome DSM-V's changes from discrete Autism conditions to having an actual spectrum - but I feel the same should be done for ADHD because so many of ADHD's diagnostic criteria, even for the "Inattentive type" (let alone the Hyperactive-type) really don't apply to me.
I know a lot of people in real-life in geeky/nerdy fan subcultures and so many of them exhibit those "odd" behavioral traits of ASD - and I've asked them about it and they tell me they got tested for ASD but got an ADHD diagnosis instead - and I don't like that, because the diagnostic criteria for ADHD in the DSM doesn't really cover non-normative social behaviour at all (that's ASD's territory).
In summary: more research is needed!
- LetThereBeNick 6y ago> The ASD and ADHD diagnostic criteria are still too broad and imprecise. One analogy has stuck with me. Defining mental disorders is like drawing up the constellations. The individual behavioral traits are the stars, and the constellation’s boundaries are as much a function of the culture who defined them as they are a function of how clustered these stars/traits really are.
- DaiPlusPlus 6y agoAnd like constellations, those clusters are only observable together from a particular vantage-point (the earth), as soon as you go elsewhere (e.g. Alpha Centauri) the stars are in a totally different place and the constellations, as originally defined, simply don't exist.