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My issue is not whether ADHD exists or with the varying degrees of impairment, but with the inability to point at a root cause. I certainly agree that it involves an impairment of executive functions, but what causes that impairment? Why is ADHD used to identify people with different executive function impairments or only partial executive function impairment? How come some sufferers have comorbid conditions (ones that are not associated with emotional state, e.g. cognitive impairment) while others are just distractable?
My problem in a nutshell is that we are labeling the disorder based on the symptoms alone and not the cause of the disorder itself. And possibly there are multiple causes of these similar symptoms that have to be determined so that disorders can be placed into a taxonomy.
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