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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 540536" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Well, that's definitely the first I've heard of that line of thinking... </p><p>I'm ADHD. With 2 ADD/ADHD kids, a likely-ADHD husband, and ADHD parents and siblings and aunts and uncles etc.</p><p>And... quite a few of them, including my GFGbro, had NO problem pulling down good marks. GFGbro could skip every single class, never read the book, and show up at the final, guess at the answers, and get 80% or more. But his behavior drove every single person he came in contact with, completely around the bend!</p><p></p><p>The labels are just lines in the sand. All of the "developmental" disorders include the possibility of executive function deficits. And executive function deficits are at the root of many classical symptoms, including impulsivity and hyperactivity. But... it could be ADHD, or it could be something on the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) spectrum, or it could be other stuff.</p><p></p><p>The ODD label, though... I'd be very, VERY wary of.</p><p>In my experience, that diagnosis is only useful as a placeholder. It does describe problem behavior very well, but provides NO approaches to addressing this. MOST of the time, there will be some other (or multiple) missed dxes, things that haven't been caught yet, that will be causing the behavior.</p><p></p><p>So... if the behavior isn't being caused by ADHD - and I'm not saying it is or is not - then it is being caused by something else, but the "cause" will be something <em>other than ODD</em>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 540536, member: 11791"] Well, that's definitely the first I've heard of that line of thinking... I'm ADHD. With 2 ADD/ADHD kids, a likely-ADHD husband, and ADHD parents and siblings and aunts and uncles etc. And... quite a few of them, including my GFGbro, had NO problem pulling down good marks. GFGbro could skip every single class, never read the book, and show up at the final, guess at the answers, and get 80% or more. But his behavior drove every single person he came in contact with, completely around the bend! The labels are just lines in the sand. All of the "developmental" disorders include the possibility of executive function deficits. And executive function deficits are at the root of many classical symptoms, including impulsivity and hyperactivity. But... it could be ADHD, or it could be something on the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) spectrum, or it could be other stuff. The ODD label, though... I'd be very, VERY wary of. In my experience, that diagnosis is only useful as a placeholder. It does describe problem behavior very well, but provides NO approaches to addressing this. MOST of the time, there will be some other (or multiple) missed dxes, things that haven't been caught yet, that will be causing the behavior. So... if the behavior isn't being caused by ADHD - and I'm not saying it is or is not - then it is being caused by something else, but the "cause" will be something [I]other than ODD[/I]. [/QUOTE]
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