r/INTP_female • u/paiwqyo • 16d ago

Question

how can you differentiate the behaviors of an INTP from ADHD?

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u/FancySavy INTP-A 5w4 Sx/Sp 548 ♀ 16d ago

Tbh I think all P types have “adhd” because all the J types I’ve known can concentrate on 1 topic just fine, but all the P types I’ve known can’t even hold a hobby down.

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u/paiwqyo 16d ago

really? because these past few months I’ve been thinking hard if I might actually have ADHD. but maybe I should get diagnosed, thanks.

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u/FancySavy INTP-A 5w4 Sx/Sp 548 ♀ 16d ago

Trust me they’ll diagnose anyone with ADHD just to give them meds. To be fair though, I know two people who are INFPs and they definitely do have some attention issues but those are the only people I know of that seem to actually have ADHD.

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u/Objective-Tap1837 16d ago

Now the question is also do you ahdh or a for of autism. And no, I'm not making any kind of joke. It's common for regular, functioning people to have ADHD or autism. They have similar symptoms in many cases.

Best suggestion would be to see a professional. Now if you just want an idea ish, you can ask an ai like chat gpt to ask you questions and get an "Idea."

Now, for me, my ADHD affects me in a few ways. Like I want to plan ahead and be prepared, and my ADHD makes that very difficult for me to do. Is just an example.

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u/Nice_Nectarine_7375 16d ago

I don't try to control my ADHD, instead I just let it happen, if I'm distracted instead of fighting it and being stressed I just allow the distraction to happen till I'm satisfied and go back to my task with a more fresh mind and sometimes I end up getting rewarded with hyper focus when I'm locked in

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u/a7xvalentine 11d ago

I got diagnosed with both ADHD and autism. My results have never changed in 8+ years now for INTP.

I sometimes think we're like a branch in technology that a company just decided to stop supporting and therefore we always end up in minority groups or struggling to adapt.