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posted by cmn32480 on Thursday March 15 2018, @01:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the as-I-was-sa-SQUIRREL! dept.

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The textbook symptoms of ADD — inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity — fail to reflect several of its most powerful characteristics; the ones that shape your perceptions, emotions, and motivation. Here, Dr. William Dodson explains how to recognize and manage ADHD's true defining features.

The DSM-V – the bible of psychiatric diagnosis – lists 18 diagnostic criteria for attention deficit disorder (ADHD or ADD). Clinicians use this to identify symptoms, insurance companies use it to determine coverage, and researchers use it to determine areas of worthwhile study.

The problem: These criteria only describe how ADHD affects children ages 6-12, and that has led to misdiagnosis, misunderstanding, and failed treatment for teens, adults, and the elderly.

Most people, clinicians included, have only a vague understanding of what ADHD means. They assume it equates to hyperactivity and poor focus, mostly in children. They are wrong.

When we step back and ask, "What does everyone with ADHD have in common, that people without ADHD don't experience?" a different set of symptoms take shape.

From this perspective, three defining features of ADHD emerge that explain every aspect of the condition:
1. an interest-based nervous system
2. emotional hyperarousal
3. rejection sensitivity

Not precisely news but damned if it's not an interesting read if it has any relevance in your life.

Source: https://www.additudemag.com/symptoms-of-add-hyperarousal-rejection-sensitivity/


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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday March 16 2018, @12:55AM (2 children)

    Read the article. Interest-based focus is probably the single most defining characteristic of ADHD.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 16 2018, @03:20AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 16 2018, @03:20AM (#653335)

    Except that I CAN pay attention, and have no problem with focusing. I learned the material just fine, and I usually enjoyed lectures, I just didn't do the homework. I don't have issues doing what I'm required to do at work, even though it's boring stupid shit. No emotional hyperarousal, no RSD. I was just a bad student, I'm don't have ADHD.