AHDH Survival Guide | Is ADHD Real? HD

Welcome to the ADHD Survival Guide! This episode is about perceptions of ADHD. Asten was listening to a podcast the other day, and the guy being interviewed was joking around and said: “if his kid told him they had ADHD, he would tell them to get over it and stop being ridiculous.” This view is not uncommon, and in Asten’s view – very naïve! This viewpoint assumes that the child with ADHD will have the awareness to realise that they have ADHD to begin with. No – the realisation that your child has ADHD will come much more gradually. The realisation will materialise over a period of time – report cards saying your child is bright but cannot concentrate, other kids calling your kid weird, watching your child make bad decisions based on their poor impulse control. The other conspiracy in the ‘is ADHD real’ camp is that it was invented by big pharmaceutical companies to sell drugs. Asten can only speak form their own experience – but they are pretty sure – ADHD is a real thing.