r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 17d 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/Mockturtle22 16d ago

There's also this idea that doctors are know all be all for every single issue. That you can't self diagnose even a little bit or wonder about it because only a doctor can tell you. I don't believe that's true.

I understand that for things that would require a blood test or other type of exam or x-ray but.. these are widely assessments. And then a decision concluded by somebody who may or may not actually even understand something like autism regarding studies that have come out in the last 20 years. There are a lot of doctors who refuse to learn new things about something that they were taught was one way.

Plus I live in my head and in my body and I am the one that is consistently struggling with XYZ on a very regular basis to the point of debilitation at times. The things that nobody sees the things that nobody realizes are such a struggle. The doctors don't.

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u/dweebletart 16d ago

Right! Compensating for ADHD by being an anxious wreck, operating at 40% capacity at any given time because you invest so much energy into basic normal functioning? Well, you do alright in school/work and make it to appointments on time, so you must not have anything worth addressing after all.