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Although I'm not sure what the air-quotes around "diagnosed" are intended to mean, I suspect it's because you doubt it's a legitimate dysfunction? Regardless,
by charliepark 14y ago
Although I'm not sure what the air-quotes around "diagnosed" are intended to mean, I suspect it's because you doubt it's a legitimate dysfunction?
Regardless, on your point about being diagnosed as an adult: I was diagnosed as having ADHD as an adult. It's not unheard of. The only reason I wasn't diagnosed as a teenager was that I wasn't hyperactive — just incredibly distractible — and I was smart enough that I performed "acceptably" in school. I've wondered, though, what I could have leveled-up to if I hadn't been fighting my distractibility.
Anyway, I was diagnosed at around age 30, was on meds (Wellbutrin) for about two years, and developed good skills and organizational techniques, so that I don't need the medication any longer. Ultimately, it wasn't the medication that taught me the skills; they just cleared my head and allowed me to develop them on the side.
If you genuinely think that you might have ADHD (specifically, ADHD-inattentive-type, like me), you'd do well to talk to a psychiatrist.
- rsaarelm 14y agoIt can be a legit dysfunction that starts getting a lot of false diagnoses once parents start thinking that the medication boosts academic performance whether or not the kid actually has the problem.
- justinlink 14y agoI second this. I was diagnosed as an adult (two years after college). I'm now thirty. If you are not hyperactive as a child, I feel it's very rare that you will get diagnosed. People forgot these days there is just the attention-deficit-disorder without the hyper-activity. Call your general physician.