Why So Many High-Achieving Students Are Being Diagnosed With ADHD

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If you are a high achiever, why do you even need a clinical diagnosis? You should present with some major impairment to get a diagnosis, imo. If you can get a degree and keep a job, then you are better off than many normal people, and shouldn't require medical interventions.

It's called a spectrum for a reason. 

Many people struggle and take years to earn a degree. Many struggle to hold down a job for a variety of reasons. 

As someone who is neurodivergent, it took me 28 years to complete my bachelor's degree. I've had more jobs than I can count. All of those 4.0s don't show my struggles at all. They don't show that it can take me 5 hours to write a discussion response the day it's due!

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Why So Many High-Achieving Students Are Being Diagnosed With ADHD
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lizdoestone...with-adhd/

Do you think ADHD is being overdiagnosed, underdiagnosed, or diagnosed more accurately today?

If this is the case, then I must have turbo AuADHD