Lockdown Reveals ADHD: Turns Out Boredom Isn’t a Disorder, Just a Lack of Structure!

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THE LOCKDOWN FACTOR: A PANDEMIC OF MISDIAGNOSIS

"Trapped, overwhelmed, and oh-so-bored," sighs Kim To, 26, the epitome of pandemic woes. Turns out, while we were busy baking banana bread and watching the entire internet, she was diagnosing herself with ADHD – or as her doctor called it, "Oops, wrong prescription!" After all, who needs a focus boost when you can be on a cocktail of antidepressants that feel like confetti in your brain?

As lockdowns forced everyone to stop their lives, Kim suddenly found herself without the ‘distractions’ of commuting and gym selfies—the very activities that masked her struggles. Who knew that actually facing yourself during a global crisis might unravel years of coping mechanisms?

Speaking of masking, Kim attributes her late diagnosis to her Vietnamese heritage and gender—because nothing says "Keep quiet and conform" like being Asian. “Stay in your lane,” she says was the family motto. Meanwhile, her brother would Zoom around the house like a toddler on Red Bull, while Kim tiptoed as if the floor might crumble beneath her.

Dr. Khurram Sadiq, our resident expert in ADHD perplexities, chirps cheerily that ADHD is like a magician’s trick. "If the structures are in place, poof! No ADHD to see here!" Ah yes, because without the sparkle of a structured life, individuals with ADHD simply vanish—probably taking their attention spans with them!

During the pandemic, a surge in referrals emerged—not because people suddenly developed ADHD, but rather because, without structure, folks were forced to confront their own chaos. Forget Amazon deliveries—lockdowns stripped us of distractions faster than a magician who’s lost his wand!

And while childhood symptoms are said to precede neurodevelopmental conditions (because why wouldn’t they), pop culture insists that social media is to blame for the world’s dwindling attention spans. Dr. Sadiq shakes his proverbial head at this, stating that the two are, in fact, not remotely correlated. Cue collective gasp! Next, we’ll be asking if TikTok can cure our existential dread.

So there you have it, ladies and gentlemen: The real pandemic was never COVID-19, it was the grand reveal of that age-old truth—it’s hard to put a label on who we are when there are no distractions left to keep up the façade. Grab your ADHD diagnostic test, or just wing it with the latest TikTok dance; either way, we’re all just trying to make sense of the absurdity that is modern existence!