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[โ€“] InfiniWheel@lemmy.one 109 points 2 years ago (18 children)

Self diagnosed? Definitely

Actually, properly diagnosed? Probably underdiagnosed actually. Friend of mine had to go through a lot of pricey hoops just to get tested in a reputable place.

[โ€“] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 38 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

It's definitely under diagnosed. 5% of the world population is thought to have ADHD. I know plenty of people around me that show serious signs of it and they have no idea. Granted I'm not a psychiatrist, but I live with an ADHD person and the similarities are striking.

[โ€“] Xenos@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

If social media is to be believed, 95% of us have it

[โ€“] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Social media is not to be believed. About anything.

[โ€“] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I do believe that's a paradoxical statement considering where you made it.

[โ€“] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Absolutely not, the tricky thing about ADHD is that it's mostly lots of small things that everyone has or does. (Bad short term memory, executive dysfunction, rejection sensitivity, inattention, difficulty to focus, etc). People with ADHD have a lot of them all at once and that's the problem. It's a spectrum with a threshold of issues to have at once to be considered ADHD. That's why it's not easy to diagnose, it can vary wildly from person to person.

[โ€“] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago

Something I've noticed hanging out in online communities is the selection bias. Sometimes everybody in a community really does have the same tendencies and characteristics.

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