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What's the difference between poor focus habits and ADHD (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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With so many disorder Tiktoks around I can't help but fail to spot the difference between having actual ADHD vs just having poor focus habits.

I myself have trouble focusing on tasks but I doubt I actually have ADHD given the recent surge of disorder Tiktoks - tho I do have autism - and that my focus is typically normal on tasks I devote to like gaming.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I did not have poor focusing problems until lockdown 3 years ago so that's immediately a sign I DON'T have ADHD.

Though I do have an Autism diagnosis and still show signs of it today.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/autism/signs/children/ - not sure if the NHS site is reliable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Focus is not the only symptom, did you read the list on the website I linked? Read the diagnosis section.

Also, autism and ADHD are commonly comorbid.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

There needs to be further research on this but ADHD occurs in autistic people at an approximate rate of somewhere between 20-40%.

There's very little out there about autism or ADHD for adults and almost nothing about comorbid autism and ADHD in adults.

Speaking anecdotally as someone who is autistic and an ADHDer, I fit into neither the ADHD nor the autism categories neatly. My ADHD traits often counterbalance my autistic traits and, likewise, my autistic traits often counterbalance my ADHD traits. (At least when they aren't ganging up on me.) It's very complex.