there’s inattentive and hyperactive and a combo of the 2. i was diagnosed it’s the combo at age 7 and on my papers it literally says it in writing. and i googled too to make sure like they ALL tell you if you had an actual diagnosis you could see on ur fucking papers and know

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bitches will be like oh no i can’t focus in class i must have adhd! no you idiot it has to negatively affect your daily life even OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM. if you do not exhibit any symptoms at home that you do at school you don’t have adhd you’re just bored

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i mean inattentive was previously diagnosed as add which isn’t a stand alone diagnosis anymore. maybe that’s what she meant?

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I’m sick of people making judgements abt other people off of a single tik tok comment and pretending they know wether or not someone has a mental disorder when they aren’t a doctor themselves— I had very severe adhd my entire life growing up but didn’t get tested bc I was homeschooled, I went to public high school and decided to get diagnosed in my 3rd yr bc I realized it would really help me to have an official diagnosis AND because of all the stuff I learned abt on tik tok i was able to…

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So instead of getting all upset and judgmental whenever you see a whisper of a hint of someone self diagnosing themselves of a TikTok— just know that you don’t know their real story and encourage them (kindly) to go see a doctor and seek out real professional resources that can help them even further

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Ok I realize I may be a bit too mad up in these comments- I also hate when ppl trivialize adhd by claiming they have it when they only experience minor symptoms, but i think the best way to deal with that is to direct them to more resources so that they can be truly educated abt it, since ultimately we don’t rlly know what their internal world is like and they may actually have it, and being very rude and angry towards ppl who self diagnose can make others afraid to come forward when they should

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