One of the worries about diagnosis in Psychology - people get stuck on their diagnosis and it prevents them from getting better, because the diagnosis becomes a part of their identity.
Do the symptoms exist? Yes - but is our explanation for the symptoms correct? This is much more in line with what I've experienced:
There are some instances in which attention symptoms are severe enough that patients truly need help. Over the course of my career, I have found more than 20 conditions that can lead to symptoms of ADHD, each of which requires its own approach to treatment. Among these are sleep disorders, undiagnosed vision and hearing problems, substance abuse (marijuana and alcohol in particular), iron deficiency, allergies (especially airborne and gluten intolerance), bipolar and major depressive disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and even learning disabilities like dyslexia, to name a few. Anyone with these issues will fit the ADHD criteria outlined by the DSM, but stimulants are not the way to treat them.
Goes on to give a long list of reasons why we shouldn't give people stimulants.
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One of the worries about diagnosis in Psychology - people get stuck on their diagnosis and it prevents them from getting better, because the diagnosis becomes a part of their identity.
Do the symptoms exist? Yes - but is our explanation for the symptoms correct? This is much more in line with what I've experienced:
Goes on to give a long list of reasons why we shouldn't give people stimulants.
https://time.com/25370/doctor-adhd-does-not-exist/
A lot of the debate is around how to diagnose/treat people with the symptoms.
Oh my god. Sleep disorders?? I just had a MAJOR đź’ˇ moment