i knew this about ADHD & Autism, and their correlation with putting kids in the “gifted” program, but i didn’t know OCD was part of this group until recently. the three comprise a 2-Dimensional spectrum of symptoms, and basically, your diagnosis as any of them is based on which symptoms you experience.

and, of course, each of those three disorders have extremely wide spectrums within themselves as well. Hyperactive/Inattentive/both subtypes for ADHD, Pure Obsession/Perfectionism/Harm/Contamination/Relationship/False Memory/etc subtypes for OCD, and Social/Developmental/Moderate/Broadly Affected ASD

very interesting stuff to learn about

neurodivergentinsights.com/adhd-vs-autism-vs-ocd

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2855859

Yeah I work with a lot of children and teens that have all 3 it’s very interesting how they overlap

It's the human attempt to map the human brain and therefore it will always be flawed, since we're trying box and label

Having ADD and OCD combined is worthy of handing medals out for. Troopers fr

and i don’t mean that these should all be the same diagnosis & treated the same

i’m saying that, if i’m understanding correctly, these three fall under a larger umbrella that gets more specific by person through psychological testing, but the lines between the three diagnoses aren’t as clear as most people think they are

I have diagnosed OCD (health variety) and I never thought about this but yeah I can see the overlap

this is so interesting. i have severe ADHD (inattentive subtype) but definitely relate to a lot of symptoms from both ASD & OCD. guess we’re not all that different.

Normal ADD does overlap as well too

this might be the hyperconnected thinking at work, but i wonder if there’s a connection here to C-PTSD as well. i know there’s a level of overlap between C-PTSD and certain subtypes of OCD.

ADD hasn’t been the term for it since the 90s. it’s all ADHD now, and what was known as ADD is just ADHD (inattentive subtype) because it stands for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, emphasis on the slash.

Never had the curiosity to ask the doc for an ADHD screaming but I was indeed put into the gifted program when I was at school

i have things in all 3 sections and im not on meds or therapy for any of them despite begging for years

R u in the US? They hand me new medicines like its candy

Ireland

i have anti-depressants and anti-anxiety meds but seeking anything more here is like pulling fingernails

Damn

I have cptsd and ocd and adhd And identify heavily with that middle section overlap symptom group for all 3

Don’t really ID with any of the single 2 overlaps as much as the middle alone though

Seems like a misinterpretation of how the human mind adapts to modern society

"Neurotypical" probably doesnt really exist

Anyways, im probably some mix of autistic and adhd

I guess

Yea a better a***ysis would just create a high dimensional data set of brain activity and use unsupervised clustering to pull out novelties

seeing this stuff reminds me of my ex and her struggles

Or maybe we use a probablistic graphical network like a random markov field to find relationships between covariates and cluster based on activations 🤓

The more they research this s*** the less sense it makes

i might have adhd and ocd

And of course they still don't recognize Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome as a real thing

It has overlap with inattentive but it's "a distinct syndrome characterized by persistent mental confusion, excessive daydreaming, staring, and mental "fogginess," often accompanied by hypoactivity. Unlike ADHD, it involves a "slow" or "dreamy" presentation rather than hyperactivity, often leading to social withdrawal and academic difficulties due to disengagement from the environment."

ASD, ADHD, OCD, CPTSD is the mount rushmore of alot of my pain and agony, however they make up what i am and wouldn't know s*** from apple butter without them. I don't think I could appreciate ariana's music to the level i do without my hearing and perception being A1 i wouldn't trade it I just would like a break now and then y'know

my heart goes out to everyone living with this sending hugs

as another used said y'all troopers fr

on von

I feel like the left-handed dude trying manuevre in a right-handed world. it just ain't designed (for the most part) for how i'm wired.

concidentally i'm left-handed irl

mask off by future gonna be my anthem this year since i got a diagnosis

"ableism is racism's cousin"