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The original was posted on /r/nostupidquestions by /u/Pers_ality on 2023-09-06 17:46:17.
I’ve been thinking about this for a long time as someone who was diagnosed in 1998 with ADHD I swear there has been such a rise in people claiming to have ADHD. I thought maybe technology or something might’ve contributed but every year I look up how many people are clinically diagnosed with it the number is always around 3% of the population. In my brain even if I’m trying to account for people who don’t get diagnosed I can’t see it going over 5% maximum.
Have people just been claiming to have ADHD because they might relate to some things we have (example: forgetfulness).
Also why is it never ADD people claim to have and always ADHD?
Disclaimer: I’m just salty there’s an addy shortage when I wanna be more diligent in taking mine 😭