Dr. William (Bill) Dodson

Whether or not it's only seen in ADHD is unknown.

Now, we did some research last year.

We're turning the numbers on to try and answer that question.

So talk to me in six months.

I'll be able to give you at least the preliminary of the results.

But for right now, in my own practice...

When I asked sort of a screening question for RSD, somewhere around 90% to 95% of people say, oh, my God, yes, you've been following me around my entire life.

It's not, well, no, it's wow.

And about half of the people who say no come back later and say, well, yeah, I sort of lied to you.

It just caught me by surprise and I panicked and masked it and all that.

The screening question that I use in my practice for the last 15 years is look back over your entire life, just as well as you can.

Have you always been much more sensitive than other people you know to rejection, teasing, criticism, or your own perception that you've failed or fallen short?

The vast majority of people with ADHD identify with that strongly.

And I was actually surprised just how strongly.

After the first time I actually put something on the Internet, there were, within six months, more than 100 sites on Instagram talking about it.

There were chat groups on Reddit.

In fact, the one on Reddit said,

received more involvement and comments and things like that than any other topic in ADHD in their history.

So I was surprised at how many people identified with it worldwide.

I mean, literally from around the world.