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[quote=Anonymous]There is no such thing as "hyperfocus" ADHD. There's hyperactive, inattentive and mixed-type ADHD (meaning displaying both hyperactive and inattentive).

The explosive temper and the hyperfocus are red flags for autism. The immense majority of autistic kids also have ADHD. So your youngest might actually have a pretty typical ASD/ADHD profile.

I say this in case you haven't looked at ABA or CBT therapy and used specific narration and other socialization practices for ASD kids.

To answer your question, it's because the teen is still a child, and can also have impulsive and childish moments. We all have our moments, OP. Your teen is not perfect and you should not expect them to be perfect! Indeed, since you have one kid with impulsivity issues (ADHD is, at its core, a disorder of attention regulation, which means impulsivity is always at issue), it means your entire family may have tendencies towards ADHD. All these disorders are genetically inheritable, OP. Your teen may be slightly more impulsive than average, or may just have responded instinctively, because they're a kid and it was that kind of day.

That one episode is meaningless in the grand scheme of things. You should to try to diagnose or otherwise interpret this departure from your teen's usually good behavior. And please do not punish them.

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