It bothers me that no one acknowledged that this can still be logically true. Of course if most people's ADHD goes away in childhood then it doesn't really logically mean anything to ask "most people you know with ADHD" because by definition, you will only be asking the subset of people for whom that isn't true.

You can't really survey the people for whom ADHD went away in childhood by asking all the people you know with ADHD because the people who would confirm the psychologist's claim are not going to be included in that survey.

[–] SpicyColdFartChamber@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

True

But it is also be true that the insight "most people loose ADHD by adulthood" is in itself kind of flawed as people can develop coping methods which can mask the ADHD. If there's a significant people complaining/reporting then, it would be something to look into.

People are more open about having adhd into adulthood as compared to in the past where it might have been seen as a childish thing and hence undesirable to report. And not a problem enough to report it to someone who could help with that.

These are assumptions based on personal and shared anecdotes, so I guess you could still argue what you said is right.

[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Which psychologists are those? A lot of the people I know that have only gone to apsychologist as an adult have been told, "wow did you know you've had ADHD you're whole life," and they're like "omg no but that makes so much sense."

Like I think it's more common to be an adult who doesn't know they have ADHD because they don't go to a psychologist, rather than having been a kid who was told they'd grow out of it by a psychologist, yah know?

I guess my point is this meme creates unnecessary stigma around seeing a psychologist, and you should see one if you think you should.

[–] ExtantHuman@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago

Well yeah, if they got better, they wouldn't be someone you know with ADHD. Obviously

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

You just get better at masking the worst effects.

Edit:

The consequences are worse when you’re an adult.

If you miss homework assignments or forget a quiz when you’re a kid and you lose some grade points people give you shit, but if your parents aren’t abusive the consequences aren’t life damaging. People around you keep the guard rails up and try to help you atay pointed in the right direction.

If you’re constantly late for work, don’t get your taxes done, or forget your car registration renewal, these can get you fired or have big financial consequences. There are no guard rails in the adult world, just consequences.

[–] StereoCode@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Hmm I'm sure it's personal for each but me I feel like I didn't outgrow it. More like I overcame it.

[–] Shiggles@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

…because if it got better, you don’t know about it?

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[–] Ordinary_Person@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Accurate. My wife's got worse. It went in to bloody overdive when perimenopause started.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Mrs. Warp Core is also going through this very thing. Basically the wild hormone swings hit her hard, right in the executive function. ADHD meds helped, but ultimately weren't enough. HRT has helped tremendously. That said, we're now terrified to roll off of that.

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[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

"Psychologist" just means they were able to complete a degree program at all, C's get degrees

[–] lefaucet@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

My friend says it got much better as he learned strategies to keep afloat... Then as he got older, into his 40's, work and life got more complicated with harsher consequences for forgotten paperwork or failure to notice time pass... And the number of things demanding attention made sleep and focus harder than ever.

He thinks his strategies just haven't been able to keep up, but thinks things will get better again

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