while someone with ADHD has underlying difficulties with hyperacidity, attention, and problems with impulsivity. Asperger's and ADHD are both considered neurodevelopmental disorders, butADHD does not fall under the autism spectrum.
ADHD is dimensional, not categorical. This means that there’s a broad spectrum of functionality within the condition, and diagnosing ADHD isn’t a matter of looking at black and white biological markers, but rather at a wide, eclectic range of symptoms (more on those below). People with AD...
And finally, I’m on the spectrum. Have been my whole life. I also have ADHD, a form of albinism, an anxiety disorder, and most recently, diabetes. Yeah, that last one was only diagnosed a couple of months ago, and it sucks! To say the least, it was a shock for me and I miss...
ADHD is a legitimate condition, and not a product of “stupidity,”“laziness,” or "bad parenting." One widespread misconception that even clinicians still get wrong is that ADHD is not considered a behavioral disorder, despite the diagnosis currently relying on identifying symptoms through behavior...
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The association between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and low-grade inflammation has been explored in children but rarely in adults. Inflammation is characteristic of some, but not all, patients with ADHD and might be influenced by ADHD
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ADHD, developmental dyspraxia, autism spectrum disorder, amblyopia) or a history of ocular ill health. Research has found that individuals born pre-maturely typically have elevated coherence thresholds on random-dot global motion tasks (Taylor, Jakobson, Maurer, & Lewis, 2009), therefore participants...
Hello, my name is Julia and I’m an adult living with a diagnosis of Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA). I also have a diagnosis of ADHD and Psychotic Episodes. PDA is a lifelong Pervasive Developmental Disorder and was first described by the late Prof.
Despite increasing recognition of this phenotypic heterogeneity, according to standard nomenclatures (such as DSM-IV-TR and ICD-10) OCD is still considered a unitary nosological entity [7]. However, patients diagnosed with OCD widely vary according to symptom type (compulsions vs. obsessions), ...