ADHD memes

I believe your definition, while lexically correct, is medically outdated. I've heard from many many sources that ADD is just no longer a thing. It's all only ADHD, which is confusing because many many people, especially those who have learned to cope or mask, do not actually present as hyperactive.

Why we haven't just called it executive functioning disorder already is a mystery to me, because that seems to be the core trait among those who have been diagnosed.

ADD isn't a diagnosis anymore. It's the same spectrum disorder. I think in ICD-10 it's coded as ADHD-PI and ADHD-PH.

What's crazy is that it's also what prevented me from getting diagnosed as my "hyperactive" episodes happened at times that were largely appropriate, after school, play grounds, car rides. I wouldn't run around bouncing off walls, but I would talk about stuff until people walked away wide-eyed.

I was a stupid smart kid too. Just annoying as fuck.

There’s physically hyperactive, which is what traditionally was used to diagnose, and now mentally hyperactive is also recognized. As a result, three subtypes have been created - hyperactive, inattentive (mentally hyperactive), and combined.

The H can equally mean hyperattentive. I am diagnosed with ADHD without hyperactivity, but instead because of having the hyper focusing aspect more than constantly switching focus.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the DSM5 requires struggling in school (well struggle during a young schooling age).

That said, those with many characteristics, me, benefit from understanding why certain things are more difficult and adopting ADHD coping techniques.

Edit: specifically referring to the diagnosis and not identity