Indeed, surveys show that it's probably under 10% [1]. Mind you, these are surveys of symptoms, not surveys of diagnoses.
0. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK519712/table/ch3.t3/
1. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/...
> The number of criteria required for a diagnosis of ADHD has been set arbitrarily in DSM-5. No scientific justification has been presented nor method used for deciding how many criteria should be required
> https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2022.81476...
and...
> For the case of ADHD specifically, this is translated to: “if an individual has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder it is because he is inattentive, disorganized and hyperactive-impulsive, and if an individual is inattentive, disorganized and hyperactive-impulsive it is because he has ADHD.
> https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9871920/
It's important to be aware that each percentage point is hundreds of millions of dollars.
The reason most of the worlds population isn't diagnosed[0] is that second D: Disorder.
No disorder, no problem, no diagnosis.
[0] outside of lack of access to mental health resources, not knowing what they're looking for so never getting referred to a place to diagnose it, not believing in treating mental health issues, self-medicating, avoiding stigma, etc
A majority of elderly people see a decline in memory as they age. Not every elderly person who is forgetful necessarily has dementia.
They’re not all uniform in presentation or affect.
It’d really be up to the therapist.
Thankfully, it doesn’t seem like most of the ADHD meds usually have long lasting adverse effects.
The thing I don’t like about adhd is that the premise is the brain doesn’t produce enough dopamine so we return it to normal levels…but the brain always seeks homeostasis so it will adapt by producing more dopamine reuptake cells. There are no conclusive imaging studies or genetic markers for it.
The meds certainly do work but if you ask someone to explain their condition to you they have all have the same simplified and erroneous explanation as to why they can handle addictive meds and the general population cannot.
I think it’s pretty much a general smart drug but with high risk of addiction.
