r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 16d ago

Neuroscience ADHD misinformation on TikTok is shaping young adults’ perceptions. An analysis of the 100 most-viewed TikTok videos related to ADHD revealed that fewer than half the claims about symptoms actually align with clinical guidelines for diagnosing ADHD.

https://news.ubc.ca/2025/03/adhd-misinformation-on-tiktok/
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u/hamchan_ 16d ago

If you go on r/adhd there are plenty of people who get dismissed because they were too successful to be diagnosed with adhd.

  • they have never been fired
  • they graduated high school
  • they graduated post secondary

So they couldn’t possibly have adhd.

Personally? I’ve never had any of those issues but my father and brother (very genetic) were diagnosed with ADHD. I wasn’t diagnosed until 30 and meds make such a difference. (Women couldn’t have ADHD in the 90s)

The whole diagnosis process is a mess.

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u/tapdancingtoes 16d ago

My university doesn’t allow accommodations for ADHD unless you have a history of poor grades and you have to submit your middle and high school transcripts to the department for them to consider you for accommodations. A clinical diagnosis is also not enough to be considered eligible for accommodations. It’s insane

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u/Tizzy8 16d ago

Ironically getting good grades in high school on a 504 would be evidence for the efficacy of accommodations.

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u/karosea 16d ago

I've been in this thread going on about all of it and raging.

I have ADHD. Was undiagnosed until I figured it out myself at 25. Prior to that though;

I graduated high-school with a 3.75gpa. Got a B.A in psych with a 3.8gpa Masters in School Counseling with a 4.0gpa.

Pre diagnosis.

Now I am back in school and on track to finish my Masters in Social Work at the end of the year and get my LSW and work my way to an LISW.

Many many people are successful before being diagnosed. I will say that I feel personally I would have been much MORE successful in all areas of my life, including my relationships, had I been diagnosed earlier in life. I divorced my ex at 29 after 12 years, for a lot of reasons but I'll admit my undiagnosed ADHD in hindsight caused a lot of problems from my side of things.