What about those with primarily executive dysfunction without hyperactivity that start to have difficulties mid to late teens when more adult responsibility and working at tasks such as study are required? Basically that adult onset ADHD is not only acquired but has always been there (as developmental disorders) however these people and parental structuring has been able to compensate for the deficits up until mid to late teens. This can be seen in the bright kid in the junior grades who struggles when they have to plan more complex pieces of work and study consistently in senior school. Then they move out of home and have to organise themselves and get a job- which some cannot do consistently in a successful manner. It is only seen as a disorder when it is causing problems- it wasn’t a disorder previously because it was compensated for.
Well that's just it, you're depicting ADHD that was masked during childhood and adolescence. You're likely talking about a person who grew up in a good family, with a secure attachment to their parents, parents who could afford a decent education for their kid, and this kid's adhd isn't as severe as others'. It's all contextual, a disorder becomes a disorder when impairments in social, occupational, and other domains develop.
Ok, so we know pregnancy changes a mother's brain. Could it possibly change it so that a mother has ADHD after having a baby. Or at the very least it can strengthen the symptoms that may have been very minor before?
What about those with primarily executive dysfunction without hyperactivity that start to have difficulties mid to late teens when more adult responsibility and working at tasks such as study are required? Basically that adult onset ADHD is not only acquired but has always been there (as developmental disorders) however these people and parental structuring has been able to compensate for the deficits up until mid to late teens. This can be seen in the bright kid in the junior grades who struggles when they have to plan more complex pieces of work and study consistently in senior school. Then they move out of home and have to organise themselves and get a job- which some cannot do consistently in a successful manner. It is only seen as a disorder when it is causing problems- it wasn’t a disorder previously because it was compensated for.
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Omg, that’s me too!❤. It took me 40 years to figure that out.
Well that's just it, you're depicting ADHD that was masked during childhood and adolescence. You're likely talking about a person who grew up in a good family, with a secure attachment to their parents, parents who could afford a decent education for their kid, and this kid's adhd isn't as severe as others'.
It's all contextual, a disorder becomes a disorder when impairments in social, occupational, and other domains develop.
Ok, so we know pregnancy changes a mother's brain. Could it possibly change it so that a mother has ADHD after having a baby. Or at the very least it can strengthen the symptoms that may have been very minor before?
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