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> "mild brain impairment/damage of unknown cause" Is ADHD not a developmental disorder, causing an underdevelopment or delayed development of the frontal lobe?
by tailspin2019 5y ago
> "mild brain impairment/damage of unknown cause"
Is ADHD not a developmental disorder, causing an underdevelopment or delayed development of the frontal lobe? It seems incorrect to refer to this as "brain damage"?
Edit: I guess I'm referring to the official "medical narrative" as it stands.
I do happen to believe that the DSM-5 criteria is wildly out of date for ADHD diagnosis and at odds with the findings of a lot of more recent research. But I'm just questioning the "brain damage" terminology - I've never heard it described in that way before.
Most medical professionals that I've encountered stick firmly to the line that ADHD is a lifelong condition that develops in very early childhood and is not currently curable. You can almost entirely alleviate symptoms. But this is != a cure.
My current understanding is that if your ADHD is "curable" by eg. vitamins or a change in sleep pattern then it is unlikely to be considered to have been ADHD in the first place (but the symptoms may well have been indistinguishable). That's not to say that the symptoms of ADHD can't be greatly reduced by these things.
However, I'm not a doctor. Happy to be corrected by anyone who is.
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- BirdieNZ 5y ago> It seems incorrect to refer to this as "brain damage"? Some people have car crashes or other traumatic head injuries and receive an ADHD diagnosis after the event, so it is usually from childhood but sometimes from brain damage.
- tailspin2019 5y ago> Some people have car crashes or other traumatic head injuries and receive an ADHD diagnosis after the event Interesting. I don't know enough to have an opinion on how prevalent this is, but I have read that people with ADHD have a higher risk of being involved in a car crash in the first place, so there is an interesting causation/correlation discussion to be had there! Eg: A new study reports that the risk of being involved in car crashes increases for those diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The study looked specifically at the rate of car crashes by adulthood, which was 1.45 times higher in those with a childhood history of ADHD compared to adults with no ADHD. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200818142135.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200818142135.h...