#adhd rin

And so clearly neither off them developed into healthy young adults and its natural for a character driven manga like this to show us unhealthy behaviors. For this, I see Yukio as the best representation of OCD in fiction and it's pretty obvious he also had depression and anxiety. Aside from that I think its 100% reasonable to also interpret him as autistic because of his inability to fit in with other kids his age (even if bc of the demon sight), "little professor" archetype, and the emotional isolation/masking behaviors he shows through the show.

Similarly, Rin struggles a lot with language/school and has pretty obvious attention and behavioral issues associated with poor emotional regulation. It's so common for young boys with ADHD (particularly hyperactive-impuslive) to act out in this way which is why its so commonly comorbid with Occupationally Defiant Disorder (ODD). Similarly, ADHD causes a lot of social isolation, sensitivity and emotional issues making it sometimes hard to differentiate with autism (also bc they're very very commonly comorbid and PDA is a common profile in autistics). Rin also struggles with depression/suicidal intent and anxiety in canon so Idk its all very intertwined because its very common for kids with adhd/autism to grow up to be mentally ill adults relative to neurotypical counterparts. Especially without the appropriate coping mechanisms.

I know in Asia it's a lot less usual for kids to be diagnosed early, I see Rin a lot in the way I see my younger brother (who has ADHD-H and was/is occupationally defiant and medicated at an early age). I grew up in Colombia so I wasn't diagnosed with ADHD and ASD until I was an adult in the US, even when I was a very obvious case of ADHD-C and struggled staying still/quiet in class. But I like to imagine his teachers actually reached out to Fujimoto in hopes Rin would be professionally assessed, especially bc of his other learning disabilities (i.e. the implied dyslexia). (Unrelatedly, My Wonderful World is actually a great manga that explores late diagnosis of Dyslexia in life). And imo it can be very difficult for a kid to be diagnosed with ADHD as a kid because it automatically labels you with having something wrong with you and seeing ADHD as a bad thing and a lot of kids have pretty rough reactions to the stimulant meds that are supposed to keep them in check. So I can imagine baby Rin struggling in this way too. Just utterly crashing out after his meds wear off after the school day.

Yukio on the other hand would be less likely to get diagnosed with any particular neurodivergence as a kid but I do think it would come up in the early days when he'd get scared after seeing demons. Its probable in that case that Fujimoto would be asked to take him to a child therapist or psychologist though ofc Fujimoto knows that the demons are -real- so Yukio just needs a community and appropriate self defense skills, (he's still a traumatized kid with a myriad of emerging issues😭).

The only case I imagine where maybe he'd actually be taken to a professional is if he shows signs of more obvious compulsive behavior. Like this is more of a headcanon than everything else (bc i do see everything else as plausible within canon), but I think Yukio would've had more magical thinking ocd compulsions and thought as a kid. While OCD is a disorder that is mostly diagnosed in adults and usually has an onset of age 19, most ppl with OCD have a lot of compulsions/thoughts they carry over from when they were kids. So I think Yukio would be the type of kid to really wear superstitions in his heart and pray a lot against certain intrusions/ believe in "step on a crack and break your mother's back". Maybe theres a way where Fujimoto actually notices whats wrong and Yukio does get help, but I like to think that any coping skills went away as soon as he became an older teen bc "nah that was an issue i had as a kid" but instead its like. Back and different, especially after Fujimoto died. I can see the exwires, esp Shima, clocking him as "spectrum-y" (to which Rin asks: whazzat?).

I also think Rin would just stop taking his meds as a preteen bc they made him feel sick and took away his apetite so yeah. Like ofc lol.

All in all I also think its very unlikely Shiro would ever take the twins to any type of doctors bc of his own medical trauma from Section 13 and bc he would also want to lay low about them since he knew there were people from the illuminati /defected order members who saw what happened on the blue night to know about them so hed wanna minimize the amount of records. Its still interesting to think about, especially in a no-powers AU.

TLDR: think both of them would be very noncompliant with their respective issues...