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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son and I have a profile with inattentive ADHD and low processing speed. Mine is quite mild and generally invisible to outsiders, his is much more severe: he needed an IEP in school. We both have working memory issues, we procrastinate terribly, have difficulties with multitasking, and we're a bit slow... my son is VERY slow.

And then my husband and my daughter have mixed type ADHD (hyperactive and inattentive). They have an impatience/anger component to their symptoms which my son and I don't have (we're the chillest, most daydreaming people).[/quote]

OP here. Thank you for this. You just described my son and me to a T - chill, daydreamy, procrastinating, slow, difficulty with memory. I really have spent my whole life thinking that was just “me” and had no idea that was neurodivergent. [/quote]

PP you replied to. My son was diagnosed at an early age because his symptoms were serious. He was on Adderall for many years to be functional in school, with services and accommodations.

The rest of the family has never tried meds, and indeed, neither I nor my daughter ever sought a diagnosis, because we muddle along. My husband was diagnosed, but has all kinds of hang-ups about this and refuses to medicate himself, which has negatively impacted our lives : he's currently maxed out a joint credit card without my consent and can't pay it back, has missed flights, been let go from jobs, often files taxes late... I have taken over health insurance, medical appointments, daily schedule, daily chores, daily parenting, I was my son's college admissions point person in 12th grade and I've been his de facto executive functioning coach all his life, because these are things my husband cannot do.

All this to say that most mental health issues exist on a spectrum, not just autism. Where the line is is subject to debate, even among psychologists who run batteries of tests on ADHD patients every day. If you're borderline, you could go to one psych and get a diagnosis, and go to another and be told you don't meet the threshhold. [/quote]

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