What happened to ADD?

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When i was a kid everybody used to call it ADD but now we seem to feel the need to add hyperactivity to the abbreviation even though the H doesn't apply to everybody with ADD. I have ADD but I don't have ADHD, its just weird how a sub category has replaced the main category. maybe because people with ADHD are more annoying and therefore get more attention. although its been said that its annoying when i forget what i'm talking about or change subject halfway through a discussion with no notice.

It's called ADHD-primarily inattentive type (ADHD-PI) now. And it's not like a subtype has replaced the main category - if you look at DSM-III ADD it's got hyperactivity, impulsivity and inattentiveness all mixed up together, while now we specify which of those the person has by the suffix.

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ADHD has a terrible, misleading name as it stands.

Also, a lot of people who have ADHD-PI have the hyperactive/impulsive symptoms at a subclinical degree. They're not absent, just not sufficient for a diagnosis of ADHD combined type. For some, they are absent, and that's sometimes described as "sluggish cognitive tempo."