Comment by corobo
2 years ago
There may be a little bit of birds of a feather flocking together on this one. Similarly my closest circle have all got a diagnosis of something or other. Most are in the IT field too.
For me personally I mostly attribute this to how the circle initially formed - a bunch of outcasts to varying degrees new to college glomping on to any familiar faces from highschool (despite not really interacting during high school)
Any additions since college were adopted into the group through a mutual "we're the weirdos in this world, aren't we?" initial bond.
or it could be that ADHD is a spectrum with most people having some symptoms of it even if it's not very disruptive.
The better question is how many of the people in these groups have been medically diagnosed?
The groups were already split in my comment. How many emails in your inbox are in your inbox? All of 'em :P
I get the arguments for self-diagnosis but really it's self hypothesis. I only say diagnosed if they're medically diagnosed. Even doctors shouldn't be self diagnosing
ADHD is a spectrum sure but it has a low-end cap due to the second D, disorder. No disorder, no diagnosis, no ADHD. I'd love to have the same brain wiring without the disorder