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Re:Founder who lived with bipolar for years started a compan... by have_faith on Saturday April 14, 2018 @05:22PM (#16839584)
Agreed to be over-diagnosed by who? (genuinely curious)
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Re:Founder who lived with bipolar for years started a compan... by limeblack on Saturday April 14, 2018 @05:36PM (#16839663)
Many top psychologists have come out suggested ADHD is overdiagnosised. The are numerous articles about the explosion of diagnosis[1].

[1]: http://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/saving-normal/201605/...

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Re:Founder who lived with bipolar for years started a compan... by beenBoutIT on Sunday April 15, 2018 @12:17AM (#16841182)
According to the experts at Stanford at least 25% of people diagnosed with ADHD/ADD are actually misdiagnosed Narcoleptics. Anyone diagnosed with ADHD/ADD could easily rule this out with a simple sleep study. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sleep-newzzz/201305/...
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Re:Founder who lived with bipolar for years started a compan... by DanBC on Sunday April 15, 2018 @07:21AM (#16842203)
But that's because psychology is generally anti-diagnosis, and because psychology rejects diagnosis.
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