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Everyone and their mother is receiving an ADHD diagnosis nowadays. Call me a conspiracist, but I believe this is just one more case of deliberate overfitting by
by throwamon 5y ago
Everyone and their mother is receiving an ADHD diagnosis nowadays. Call me a conspiracist, but I believe this is just one more case of deliberate overfitting by Big Pharma, coupled with the consequences of technology on our attention spans and other characteristics of our cognition and behavior.
As someone that might be similarly diagnosed for the same reasons, your comment does make me more optimistic of achieving something significant in my life, though.
- steveklabnik 5y agoBelieve whatever you want, I am just glad that some things are starting to get better for me. I didn't need big pharma to tell me that stuff was bad, I struggled to even get help for far too long, and stigma around over-diagnosis certainly prolonged my problems here.
- throwamon 5y agoI'm sorry if I sounded like I was trying to invalidate your diagnosis. I'm sure ADHD is a real issue many people face their entire lives without receiving proper information or care and of course it's better to find out as early as possible. I realize now your comment wasn't the proper place for me to rant about this. I'm happy for you.
- steveklabnik 5y agoIt's all good. It's a really, really tricky topic, for sure.