#adhd-pi

The following are the proposed symptoms of CDD:

Apathetic, unmotivated, withdrawn

Daydreams

Easily confused, mentally foggy

Brain fog

Loses train of thought easily

Lost in thought

Sluggish, lethargic

Sleepy, drowsy, trouble staying awake/alert

Slow thinking, inaccurate processing

Spacey/zoned out, inattentive

Stares blankly, mind seems to be elsewhere

Tired

Underactive, slow moving

There are similarities with inattentive ADHD, but CDD has a different presentation than ADHD and there's strong evidence that it's a separate disorder. People with CDD have no hyperactive symptoms and are actually hypoactive.

An earlier name for CDD was "primary disorder of vigilance" (PVD). The name "attention deficit disorder" (ADD) was also proposed but most researchers don't use this since it's an old name for ADHD-PI.

As it was requested by @peculiaroptimism, I made a diagram showing the overlap between Autism, ADHD and PTSD. 

( I was so surprised to realise that PTSD and Autism don’t have any overlap that isn’t also shared with ADHD! )

I love the look of my hair, but my autism absolutely hates it. Hair is extremely overstimulating, and specifically having short hair I can never get all of it tied up if it's overstimulating and it can drive me into meltdowns. By shaving the underside of my hair, I can now reduce one of my biggest overstimulation issues; It's such a relief!!!

ADHD is a bad term all-around, and I kinda hate the way it was named after the things neurotypicals observe about us that they consider disruptive, rather than the things we actually experience. (This is why I personally like the term some experts have proposed, which is EFDD, aka Executive Function Deficit Disorder, cause that’s what it actually is, but not many call it that)

I say this just so you know that when I say ADHD, that includes everyone with ADHD. You don’t need to ask “I have ADD, is it okay if I reblog this?” because you are included in ADHD (primarily inattentive-type) and therefore yes, it applies to you <3 

Side note: Autism and ADHD overlap a ton so if you’re on the autism spectrum and relate to an ADHD post/symptom, that’s valid, too! And if you’re questioning whether you have ADHD, you’re also welcome to reblog or whatever you like :) It only really bothers me when someone neurotypical who doesn’t think they have ADHD reblogging with stuff like “I don’t have ADHD but same” or “this isn’t ADHD, everyone does this sometimes”

TL;DR (cause every post about ADHD needs one lol):

ADD is an outdated term for Primarily Inattentive-Type ADHD (ADHD-PI)

The 3 ADHD types are Primarily Inattentive, Hyperactive, and Combined

ADHD is poorly named. “Hyperactivity” is about your mind, not your body

Executive dysfunction is the main component of ADHD

If you’re any of the types of ADHD, think you may have ADHD, or are on the autism spectrum, know that you are absolutely included in my posts about ADHD.