For the Anon who asked about ADHD and hyperactivity: ADHD is actually the current clinical term for the disorder whereas it is broken up into three categories: mostly inattentive, mostly hyperactive, or combined type, where the person exhibits symptoms of both. Anon may have mostly inattentive type (I do) and should not be afraid to seek a professional opinion or diagnosis. Good luck!
This is spot on. Some of the most common questions we get are people wondering if they can have ADHD without hyperactivity, what hyperactivity entails exactly and people having concerns about doctors/their parents/their teachers not believing they have ADHD because they aren’t hyperactive in a stereotypical way.
The one thing that I’ll add is that it’s also pretty normal for people who have inattentive type to have a few hyperactive symptoms (but not enough to warrant a combined diagnosis) and vice versa. For example, I’m diagnosed with inattentive type, but I sometimes talk excessively, can be a little hyperactive at times and can be very impatient. However, those symptoms aren’t as severe for me, don’t interfere with my life as much as my inattentive ones.-C
