DMDD versus Attention Deficit / Hiperactivity Disorder
One of the problems of the diagnoses of DMDD is that
the irritability and severe outbursts happen in other disorders. ADHD has
emotional and behavioral dysregulation that results in symptoms of irritability,
impatience, anger, low frustration threshold, and reactive aggression. There
are two ways to distinguish the irritability and outburst of DMDD from the
irritable outburst that occur in normal children or in those with ADHD or ODD.
The first one is the severity of the explosive outbursts, and the second one is
the frequency of the symptoms in different settings.
ADHD differs from mood disorders and is a neurodevelopmental disorder, not a depressive or bipolar disorder. People with ADHD experience emotions that are normal for the situation, but they have problems to control their strong, yet, normal emotions. They can’t control their impulses when they experience these emotions. People with mood disorders have emotions that others wouldn’t necessarily experience in the same situation. These emotions tend to be out of proportion and extreme.
ADHD differs from mood disorders and is a neurodevelopmental disorder, not a depressive or bipolar disorder. People with ADHD experience emotions that are normal for the situation, but they have problems to control their strong, yet, normal emotions. They can’t control their impulses when they experience these emotions. People with mood disorders have emotions that others wouldn’t necessarily experience in the same situation. These emotions tend to be out of proportion and extreme.