#MisdiagnosisMonday: ADHD Edition Thank you so much for joining along for my 10 week #ADHD series. I’ve learned A LOT over these last 10 weeks! With each deep dive, I’ve had some poignant takeaways. Thank you so much for learning with me! Below I’ve linked to all my posts if you want to read the […]
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As a mental health therapist specializing in neurodivergent conditions, I am committed to shedding light on the systemic issues that can impact diagnosis and treatment. In a recent #MisdiagnosisMonday post, I explored the common misdiagnosis of ADHD and ODD. Today, I want to delve deeper into how the racial bias of mental health providers can
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ADHD vs. ODD I have been hesitant to create this Venn diagram as part of my #ADHD misdiagnosis series. I have been hesitant because I don’t particularly like the diagnosis of ODD. However, I didn’t want to let my bias influence my process, and the reality is that up to 40% of ADHD children are
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Autistic eye contact There are many ways I would have parented my daughter differently had I known. This is one of the laments I have about her receiving a late diagnosis (not as late as 37, but from a child development perspective, 11 is still late). From 2-7 years old, she was a bundle of
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Some of the links in this blog post are affiliate links. This means that if you click on the link and buy something, I receive a small commission without any extra cost to you. ADHD and Borderline Personality Disorder Living with ADHD can be challenging, but it becomes even more complex when co-occurring with another
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ADHD vs. BPD Since week one of my ADHD #misdiagnosismonday series, I’ve consistently received requests to cover ADHD vs. Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). I must admit I have been procrastinating. After doing Autism and BPD, I appreciated the complexity I’d be diving into, so I wanted to wait until I had some bandwidth to dive
Confession: Watching the Bachelor is a guilty pleasure of mine. I’ve watched it since I was 18, and it just stuck. If I’m being honest, I didn’t think I’d ever write an article or an Instagram post about The Bachelor. Then again, I didn’t think neurodiversity, ableism, and self-advocacy would ever be centered on the
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Tourette Syndrome and ADHD co-occur at high rates and share a number of neurological overlaps. When they co-occur they tend to exacerbate traits/symptoms of the other and require additional supports. Prevalence of ADHD and Tourette Syndrome ADHD symptoms are reported in 35-90% of children with TS (Oluwabusi et al., 2016). ADHD is the most common
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ADHD vs. Tourette Syndrome While I’m taking on the conversation of Tourette Syndrome and ADHD as part of my #MisdiagnosisMonday series, perhaps Tourette Syndrome and ADHD would be better discussed as part of a series on “co-occurring conditions”. While the overlap of these conditions may cause one diagnosis to be missed, or in some cases,
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Some of the links in this blog post are affiliate links. This means that if you click on the link and buy something, I receive a small commission without any extra cost to you. Autism and ADHD Overlap When we hear about autism and ADHD, we may think of two distinct disorders, but the reality
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