• @ickplantOPM
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      2310 months ago

      How do you know it’s self-diagnosed? Children have diagnosable ADHD, and nothing in this post suggest this parent just randomly diagnosed their child.

      ADHD is not the same as being “full of energy,” that implies a deep misunderstanding of the condition.

      • SuzyQ
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        210 months ago

        Exactly! I have a child who first got their diagnosis at 6 years old. It wasn’t their personal energy level that spurred the diagnosis.

    • Pistcow
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      1210 months ago

      Thanks mom. I didn’t get treatment until I was 35 and prior to that I was living in my car fighting for survival. 7 years later I own a 3600 sq/ft house, new truck outright, and $100k in my 401k. Go fuck yourself and that mindset.

      • @PunnyName
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        -1210 months ago

        Holy shit, that was a can of unprompted worms that no one asked for.

        • Pistcow
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          1310 months ago

          Well, there’s a large group of adults that struggled because of “my kid’s not crazy”. Imagine struggling half your life and everyone making jokes about it. You can check out any of the adhd subs to see the exact story played out over and over.

        • Ech
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          You have exactly zero evidence that Twitter user made anything up. Shouting “Enabler!” at anyone that suggests you’re wrong just illustrates how unreasonable your presumption is.

        • TruthAintEasy
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          310 months ago

          No no man, I also had untreated adhd. All those kids getting bullied a lot? Large % is from untreated adhd on the victim AND abuser side. I’ll agree that self-diagnosin is b.s. it requires a prefessional and should be taken seriously.

    • @[email protected]
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      510 months ago

      This comment said:

      People self-diagnosing young children with ADHD is the dumbest thing.

      Children are full of energy and easily distracted, people! That’s their whole thing!