A new study has found that teenagers with ADHD are not reporting a low quality of life. There are a lot of health conditions out there that can impact the lives of anyone. There are physical conditions, mental health conditions, and neurodivergence struggles. Every person has their own story and journey, and no two cases are alike.

However, this doesn’t stop research from being done on how this is impacting the lives of those who are living through them. They want to know how the conditions are impacting their well-being and their quality of life. Quality of life is very important, and some may argue that it is the most important thing.

The need to find out the general quality of life is so that work can be done to fill in any gaps that they may find to improve their situation. According to Medical Xpress, the good news is that teenagers with ADHD don’t seem to be reporting a low quality of life.

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This conclusion was based on the findings of a study that was published in the journal, JAMA Network Open, and it can be read in full here. ADHD can be a complicated diagnosis for a lot of people, and it can be hard for people to manage. It can make it hard for youth who are trying to navigate the world around them, while still developing.

This study found that those who have ADHD and who are 14 and 15 years old do not appear to have a low quality of life, despite the challenges that they face. To complete this study, researchers looked at 393 matched adolescents who had ADHD, and who did not. They found that compared to those who did not have an ADHD diagnosis, the results were the same.

They all reported similarly on general health, happiness, and peer trust. What they did find was that those who had ADHD did have a worse psychological sense of school membership, academic self-concept, and self-efficacy. They also found that they were at higher risk for displaying more negative social behaviors that were linked with a higher risk of self-harm.

This has led researchers to believe that the thought that those who struggle with ADHD are just portrayed as having an overall lower quality of life due to the stigma surrounding the diagnosis, and that could lead to the negative behaviors that they do see in this group.

Sources: Medical Xpress, JAMA Network Open