Anonymous #1 20h

That’s so interesting, I love it. I’m a psych major myself, so that’s right up my alley. Diagnostics is always changing, especially with ongoing research and since most research started with typically white, male children and I believe middle-class as well, so as research expands to more groups, it changes what we thought we knew about diagnostics.

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Anonymous OP 20h

I just recently learned about the books that came before the DSM and how much they changed over short periods of time vs how much different they are to today’s DSM. I would LOVE to just sit down and study every change they’ve ever made.

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Anonymous #1 17h

Oh??? What’s the book

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Anonymous #1 17h

I see how that argument makes sense since adhd is so often co-morbid with so many other things, but it sort of rubs me the wrong way bc I’ve been very severely affected by my adhd my whole life, and despite seeing plenty of psychiatrists and doctors have never been diagnosed with anything else nor have had any notable signs of other disorders— so, for me, adhd is not only very real but has tremendously impacted my life and the lives of people who are close to me

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Anonymous #3 17h

So that’s why I think it’s really important that we are very careful about what we say is or isn’t “real”, since saying a disorder isn’t actually real can be really invalidating towards other people’s experiences and struggles, regardless of the positive intentions that may be behind it.

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Anonymous #3 15h

I get that 100% bc if I went through all this trouble and my only diagnosis was ADHD, this would’ve sent me SPIRALING 😭 but that may also be partially due to my OCD around needing a name for my symptoms and having a hard time believing I do or don’t have something. Nonetheless, this makes perfect sense. Hopefully, if any changes are made to ADHD diagnostics in the future of the DSM, it’ll be for the better.

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Anonymous #2 15h

I’m also curious

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