06/06/2024
What are NOT always signs of ADHD?
Videos detailing how your common habits may be actually ADHD symptoms have amassed billions of views on TikTok.
Experts worry the flood of content from influencers is reinforcing stereotypes and encouraging inaccurate self-diagnoses.
Dr Punit Shah, a psychologist and expert in neurodiversity from the University of Bath, explains which symptoms are not always a sign of ADHD.
Repetitive skin picking, lip biting or nail picking is sometimes seen among people with ADHD.
But Dr Shah warns that these habits cannot be used to diagnose ADHD and they may instead be a sign of another condition — or just a bad habit.
Having trouble concentrating and focusing on tasks is a common ADHD symptom recognised by the NHS.
Dr Shah said inattention and mind wondering are classically ADHD like symptoms and traits.
However, daydreaming and mind wondering are 'natural phenomenon' experienced by everyone so not always a sign of ADHD, Dr Shah said.
Impatience and irritability are also not always caused by ADHD.
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World-renowned University College London psychiatrist Professor Joanna Moncrieff fears the mental disorder is being over diagnosed.
