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ADHD is a bad name

JT

I've been thinking of a new abbreviation for ADHD which is widely thought as not fit for purpose. I

I thought what about Dopamine Dependent Attention Disorder (DDAD)

I think this works much better and simplifies the confusing title that currently doesn't fit

  • I don’t know very much about ADHD, but if more than dopamine is involved, I would agree with Expecto_Patronum that it could be problematic to use it. Would ADHS work? End letter is syndrome, alternatively condition. Or AHRD - Attention and Hyperactivity Regulation Disorder. I think disorder or something to that effect needs to go in for the medical people and syndrome might have a strict definition, yet condition is much nicer than disorder. 

  • I think something regulation should be in there. We can't regulate our attention. But I think it also makes emotional regulation and things harder. Like with autism, I would prefer it to be called a condition than a disorder. I know it can be very challenging but I just think it's nicer to say that people have a condition than a disorder.

    It is dopamine dependent but there's other things at play as well so I dunno whether is put that in the name.

  • Yeah it's definitely more a "disorder" than a "deficiency" , usually too much attention that's not easy to control and focus on the right things.