I see a trend of (white) men saying they have been diagnosed with ADHD, their lives are fine so either 1) ADHD isn’t really a disorder and we’re poisoning children or 2) ADHD is an excuse to be lazy.

I just want to take a minute and talk about ADHD and white male privilege

ADHD is stereotyped as a disorder of boys and often only white families have access to a diagnosis. The fact that they get diagnosed at such a young age means they have more intervention. Their likely hood of being diagnosed also means they are more likely to have mild symptoms

Women often get diagnosed at a later age. BIPOC have less access to education & healthcare. Meaning these 2 groups (& people who fall under both categories) all in all have less time to understand their disorder and because it goes untreated in childhood symptoms are more severe

Even if a man and woman have similar ADHD symptoms and severity the woman will be judged more critically because of a woman’s gender expectation of being organized, emotionally mature and able to take care of themselves. So they have less support at home and less leeway at work

All in all I’m fucking tired of privileged white men having been supported in their diagnosis and been getting treatment since childhood have the fucking nerve to tell anyone else in the ADHD community that they are lazy or making excuses.

No dude I don’t have your privilege.