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Re:Ask HN: How did an adult ADHD diagnosis help you? by renewiltord on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @10:28AM (#27516010)
It’s literally only a disorder if it interferes with your life. Otherwise, it’s not a disorder. Like, it’s in the definition.

https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/diagnosis.html

This is true of almost all of these disorders: no interference with life means not a disorder.

Saying “if you have no negative effects from ADHD” is the same as saying “if you’re alive when you’re dead”.

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Re:Ask HN: How did an adult ADHD diagnosis help you? by Loughla on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @04:29PM (#27521085)
My personal experience with ADHD is that you are told it is a problem that needs medication, regardless of whether or not it impacts your life in a serious way.

Often, psychologists/psychiatrists/medical doctors will fail to include the literal definition of disorder. ADHD is one of those things that is a popular target for medications as a knee-jerk reaction.

That was sort of my point, I guess.

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