ADHD Women

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A community for women to find support and discuss living with ADHD.

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How some of us found out... (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to c/adhdwomen@lemmy.world

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[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I’m a therapist. In grad school, one of my professors said that the most reliable way to diagnose someone with ADHD is to give them a stimulant and see how they react. Understandably, that’s not how people are diagnosed for safety and ethical reasons… but it is effective.

[–] noughtnaut@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

A more ethical approach then: put the person in a room together with an adhd'er and see how quickly they bond. Seriously, it's like there's a hidden kinship, shit just works.

[–] areyouevenreal@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That doesn't sound all that dangerous to me. I don't really understand what the ethical issues here are.

[–] flicker@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For people who do not have ADHD, the medication used to treat ADHD can be extremely addictive.

[–] areyouevenreal@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago

If you can get addicted to something from trying it just once, there is something already wrong with you at that point. This sounds like a misunderstanding of how addiction works.