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ADHD is a spectrum, so it can have different severities. Some people simply find it more difficult to function well whereas some people find it absolutely and u

ADHD is a spectrum, so it can have different severities. Some people simply find it more difficult to function well whereas some people find it absolutely and utterly impossible.

hirvi74 3y ago
> ADHD is a spectrum When analyzing people what is not a spectrum? Every human attribute can be placed on a spectrum. Even other diseases, disorders, etc.. A broken bone can be a hairline crack or shattered into pieces.
- LoganDark 3y ago
  Someone can have a mild form of ADHD without it being severe enough to cause executive dysfunction outright. That's what I mean by spectrum
  - hirvi74 3y ago
    Ok, now I understand. The term I have always heard is "subclincial."
    - LoganDark 3y ago
      Huh, that's a good term. Thank you
_yb2s 3y ago
What spectrum means in this context is that it's a multi-dimensional problem- different levels of severity across a large number of different dimensions. Executive function is typically broken up into a large number of different functions, and people have different levels of each, so a person that functions well in one context might do poorly in another, and vice versa.
- LoganDark 3y ago
  > What spectrum means in this context is that it's a multi-dimensional problem I used "spectrum" to mean that ADHD is not always severe enough to cause outright disability, but the underlying problems can still be present to a lower degree. The parent mentioned "procrastinates or can struggle with focus without having ADHD" (emphasis mine) and I wanted to point out that some of those people may also have some very mild form of ADHD.
  - _yb2s 3y ago
    I don't disagree with your point, but you are misusing the term and misunderstanding what it means when it is applied to neurodevelopmental disorders like autism and ADHD.
    - LoganDark 3y ago
      ADHD the diagnosis is a set of symptoms. These individual symptoms may be present to varying degrees in different people. The fact that it varies means that ADHD is a spectrum. That's not misuse or misunderstanding, and it agrees with your original comment. I'm simply clarifying what I meant because it's not just "everyone has different specialties". It's that specific problems that can contribute to ADHD can be present in people even if they don't have the entirety of ADHD. There is no genetic boolean that decides if one will have ADHD or not. While, sure, everyone does have different specialties, they could also have some traces of ADHD that aren't severe enough to give them all the symptoms but still manage to hurt their performance in certain areas. Also, I said nothing of autism. Please don't extrapolate
      - adadadadadad 3y ago
        > ADHD the diagnosis is a set of symptoms. ADHD is the set of symptoms. The only reason people care about the term is because you can access drugs. > “The child often has difficulty sustaining attention in tasks or play activities because she has ADHD and she has ADHD because she does not sustain her attention in tasks or play activities.” As Pérez-Álvarez (2017, p. 2) notes “the symptoms are the guarantee of the diagnostic category, which in turn is invoked to explain the symptoms in an endless loop.” > https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2022.814763/full https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2022.81476...

ADHD is a spectrum, so it can have different severities. Some people simply find it more difficult to function well whereas some people find it absolutely and utterly impossible.

hirvi74 3y ago

> ADHD is a spectrum When analyzing people what is not a spectrum? Every human attribute can be placed on a spectrum. Even other diseases, disorders, etc.. A broken bone can be a hairline crack or shattered into pieces.

LoganDark 3y ago
Someone can have a mild form of ADHD without it being severe enough to cause executive dysfunction outright. That's what I mean by spectrum
- hirvi74 3y ago
  Ok, now I understand. The term I have always heard is "subclincial."
  - LoganDark 3y ago
    Huh, that's a good term. Thank you

_yb2s 3y ago

What spectrum means in this context is that it's a multi-dimensional problem- different levels of severity across a large number of different dimensions. Executive function is typically broken up into a large number of different functions, and people have different levels of each, so a person that functions well in one context might do poorly in another, and vice versa.

LoganDark 3y ago
> What spectrum means in this context is that it's a multi-dimensional problem I used "spectrum" to mean that ADHD is not always severe enough to cause outright disability, but the underlying problems can still be present to a lower degree. The parent mentioned "procrastinates or can struggle with focus without having ADHD" (emphasis mine) and I wanted to point out that some of those people may also have some very mild form of ADHD.
- _yb2s 3y ago
  I don't disagree with your point, but you are misusing the term and misunderstanding what it means when it is applied to neurodevelopmental disorders like autism and ADHD.
  - LoganDark 3y ago
    ADHD the diagnosis is a set of symptoms. These individual symptoms may be present to varying degrees in different people. The fact that it varies means that ADHD is a spectrum. That's not misuse or misunderstanding, and it agrees with your original comment. I'm simply clarifying what I meant because it's not just "everyone has different specialties". It's that specific problems that can contribute to ADHD can be present in people even if they don't have the entirety of ADHD. There is no genetic boolean that decides if one will have ADHD or not. While, sure, everyone does have different specialties, they could also have some traces of ADHD that aren't severe enough to give them all the symptoms but still manage to hurt their performance in certain areas. Also, I said nothing of autism. Please don't extrapolate
    - adadadadadad 3y ago
      > ADHD the diagnosis is a set of symptoms. ADHD is the set of symptoms. The only reason people care about the term is because you can access drugs. > “The child often has difficulty sustaining attention in tasks or play activities because she has ADHD and she has ADHD because she does not sustain her attention in tasks or play activities.” As Pérez-Álvarez (2017, p. 2) notes “the symptoms are the guarantee of the diagnostic category, which in turn is invoked to explain the symptoms in an endless loop.” > https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2022.814763/full https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2022.81476...