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.

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https://news.ubc.ca/2025/03/adhd-misinformation-on-tiktok/

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Another super basic one is that DSM IV doesn't regonise that emotional disregulation can be a symptom of ADHD whilst where I am the NHS does

To back your point up further also because I'm AFAB and was late diagnosed, it's still pretty much the non-existent the research into women with ADHD eg it's known that dopamine plays a key role in ADHD, also known is that oestrogen affects the amount of dopamine that your body creates. What there has been pretty much no research into is how oestrogen fluctuations affect ADHD in women, who have a massive variation of this hormone across both their lifetime and monthly for decades!

I will however admit that there are masses of tiktok videos with incorrect info my bugbear on these is the ppl who say object permanence is a symptom - it's not it's out of sight, out of mind (which i have major issues with as a symptom) - which is issued with memory (which is an adhd symptom), i do still understand that things exist because I can't see them!

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But do you REMEMBER they exist.

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Yes i do remember that things exist eg I know my passport exists as a tangible thing, even though i can't see it (which is object permanence), however do I remember where in my room i put it? No - i put it somewhere safe, but where that safe place is your guess is as good as mine (issues with memory)

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Ah. good for you.

I tend to literally forget stuff exists when I put it away, unless it's stuff I really regularly need. I am always surprised when I open a cupboard or box. When someone reminds me of the thing I know what it is of course, most of the time. I usually know it exist, when reminded, but sometimes context, literally, is missing, like when I used it last. Or in which context I got it, or why I own it.

And do t get me started on the surprising amount of books I own. I sometimes re-discover that I own my favorite books and remember that they're my favorites and get all happy about it. That's quite nice.

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Oh yeah I still have issues with things like that all the time eg I've 3 things of milk in my fridge as I'd forgotten (twice!) that i had in fact bought some. Or I found the Christmas money my gran gave me and 2 gift cards in my travel backpack that I hadn't used in a while, and if forgotten about them (the gift cards would have been nice to remember as ive just bought stuff from the shop they were for, and i don't think I'll be buying something from there for a while). Its still all various memory issues - while it may seem like the things dont exist and disappear sometimes i do still know that doesn't happen to physical things my memory is just awful!

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That is different from object permanence 

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Yeah for me it out of sight, out of mind or putting things places that I forget where they're at - which indicate issues with memory which is a known ADHD symptom. But I still know things exist whether or not it's remember where they are