So you've clearly just restated what I said which is that it was principally a matter of discomfort, not clinical outcomes or justification, which is the defining characteristic for diagnosis in the DSM.
I didn't restate anything, I corrected you because you take every opportunity to downplay negative effects that these disorders have on people's lives, and you've done it again by simply labeling it "discomfort".
You find it problematic that the other person was diagnosed with ADHD simply because their life wasn't a total disaster but I'd like to remind you that it's an attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and not a "Can't Hold Down a Job" or "Total Failure At Life" disorder and your desire to have it redefined it in those terms wouldn't help anyone.
I'm using the definition of the threshold necessary for a clinical diagnosis as defined in psychiatry, which is not merely "negative effects" or as I've repeatedly stated "discomfort".
It's something that persistently prevents someone from living a "normal" life, which is also defined far too narrowly.
You're absolutely insistent that virtually any amount of "negative effects" is sufficient for diagnosis and pharmacological intervention which is absolutely not the case.
Nobody is saying it's easy or the discomfort and difficulties aren't real.
dns_snek|6 months ago
You find it problematic that the other person was diagnosed with ADHD simply because their life wasn't a total disaster but I'd like to remind you that it's an attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and not a "Can't Hold Down a Job" or "Total Failure At Life" disorder and your desire to have it redefined it in those terms wouldn't help anyone.
suggestion|6 months ago
It's something that persistently prevents someone from living a "normal" life, which is also defined far too narrowly.
You're absolutely insistent that virtually any amount of "negative effects" is sufficient for diagnosis and pharmacological intervention which is absolutely not the case.
Nobody is saying it's easy or the discomfort and difficulties aren't real.