Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Or something else? Differential Diagnosis

Eyes and eye appendages (H00-H59).

  • Visual disorders

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90).

  • Hyperthyroidism (hyperthyroidism).
  • Hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid gland)

Ears – mastoid process (H60-H95)

  • Hearing disorders

Psyche – nervous system (F00-F99; G00-G99)

  • Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) – in which inattention or even impulsivity may be triggered due to autistic symptomatology.
  • Bipolar disorder (mental disorder in which depressive and manic phases occur) – symptom overlap in women in adulthood in the symptoms of “emotional instability” and “hyperactivity”
  • Depression or depressive disorders
  • Disintegrative disorder (inclusion disorders).
  • Dysthymia – depressed mood
  • Emotional disorders, unspecified
  • Developmental disorders, unspecified
  • Epilepsy (seizure disorder)
  • Mental retardation, unspecified
  • Generalized anxiety disorder (GAS)
  • Reduced intelligence
  • Oppositional behavior disorder – individuals who resist all duties and tasks.
  • Panic disorder
  • Personality disorders – in which symptoms of disorganization, social intrusiveness, and emotional and cognitive dysregulation may be present
  • Psychotic disorders
  • Rett syndrome – genetic disorder with X-linked dominant inheritance, thus profound developmental disorder occurring only in girls due to early childhood encephalopathy (collective term for pathological changes of the brain).
  • Schizophrenia
  • Social behavior disorders, unspecified
  • Tic and Tourettes disorders (TIC), which may be characterized by sudden enclosing movements.

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