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[–] Madrigal@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is true, and suggests maybe a broader recategorisation is in order.

I’ve heard one expert suggest that while many disorders feature executive dysfunction, ADHD is executive dysfunction.

[–] canihasaccount@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We've known that this isn't true since 2005:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000632230500171X

In addition, plenty of other disorders show worse executive function than ADHD:

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00328/full

If executive dysfunction is your primary issue, that is not indicative of ADHD. ADHD is driven by reward processing dysfunction and slower information processing:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1087054714558872

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41398-021-01758-0