My takeaway from witnessing a friends journey between imcompetent doctors, side effect heavy antidepressants and increasingly whacky other depression treatment methods:

When ADHD is the actual root cause, leaving it unacknowledged (and untreated) will achieve nothing and cause unnecessary harm.

    • kool_newt@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Most every trait exists on a continuum and most people have had experiences which could be viewed as a symptom of some psychological “condition” at some point or other. The difference is whether these experiences come and go related to life events like everything else or if they define and limit your life becoming pathological.