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> I said it’s over diagnosed. What makes you believe that? I hear people spout this all the time, but it's an irrational belief to me. The condition is still d
by hirvi74 4y ago
> I said it’s over diagnosed.
What makes you believe that? I hear people spout this all the time, but it's an irrational belief to me. The condition is still diagnosed via interviews, pseudoscientific psychometrics, and other arbitrary and vague heuristic. There are still no biological markers than can be used to diagnose the condition. At least, not with a high level availability nor a price point that would justify the mainstream usage of such methods.
Thus, if we have no clear and definitive way to know if someone has the condition, then, if you will forgive my poor analogy, it's all just Schrodinger's ADHD -- both over diagnosed and under diagnosed at the same time.
What is quite clear is that a subgroup of the population suffers greater in some areas than others, and we kind of found something that helps those people. I find that much more important than gatekeeping people who would benefit from treatment.