the hereafter are just gathered sources from wiki and quotes so im sure you've seen it all.
however in the opening summary it states SCT is "a cluster of symptoms" and "possibly a distinct disorder" only. this implies to me there is possibly no distinct profile for it yet or that those symptoms that do constitute it do so also with the other established disorders to a more relevant degree. as its overlapping with Dysexecutive syndrome, ADHD, ADHD-pi, ADHD-C, it may be greatly overshadowed.
"SCT is not recognized as a mental disorder in any of the medical manuals, such as the ICD-10 or the DSM-IV, neither is it part of the proposed revision of this manual, the DSM-5."you may have to draw your own conclusions from what is available :
slow processing speed and reaction times
higher occurrence of anxiety symptoms
a pattern of social withdrawal in interactions with peers
symptoms of :
daydreaming
staring
being spacey
easily confused
mental fogginess
hypoactivity (lethargy)
drifting thought
introspective
feeling as if "in the fog"
trouble with memory retrieval
likely to appear to be lacking motivation
"lacking energy to deal with mundane tasks and will consequently seek things that are mentally stimulating because of their
underaroused state -- an intense craving for emotional and intellectual stimulation."
"a different kind of attention deficit that is more typical of a true information input-output problem; memory retrieval and active working memory.
display a wavering 'up and down' mental pattern with extremely variable levels of intense thought, hyperactivity, and failing memory.
SCT correlated significantly with inattentiveness, regardless of the subtype of ADHD.""SCT is believed to involve difficulties with selective attention difficulties or the capacity to distinguish important from unimportant information rapidly" "difficulty selecting and filtering sensory input" "disorganized thought process, a greater degree of sloppiness, and lose things more easily.""comorbid psychiatric problems often associated with SCT are more often of the internalizing types, such as anxiety, depression, and social withdrawal. Their typically shy nature and slow response time has often been misinterpreted as aloofness or disinterest by others. In social group interactions, those with SCT may be ignored."paradoxically
"although in excited states, an SCT patient behaves very similarly to a traditional ADHD patient"also of note are lateral relations to other conditions/symptoms especially '
Low Arousal Theory'
"A person with low arousal reacts less to stimuli than one without. This individual, is "in a chronic state of 'stimulus-hunger'". To further explain, he or she needs more "sensory inputs" to feel normal."In a study, the best performance was exhibited when stimuli caused a certain amount of psychological arousal. When using sound to help brain function, also known as stochastic resonance, it was found that significantly more noise is required to improve the performance of those with ADHD, since they have less dopamine (hypodopaminergia).after gleaning the surface layers of the subject, to me -- it seems most wave SCT off as comorbid of ADHD and seek to treat that. however, i know your typical depth of research thus i'll suggest you to delve into non-electronic forms of research barring access to any professional psychiatric tools, or maybe cross-postings
http://www.addforums...ead.php?t=17290DSM-5 was supposed to address it according to
dsm5.org "The ADHD group considered 21 questions ... The workgroup suggested the need for more research to assess the validity of having new ADHD subtypes, taking advantage of modern statistical approaches. More research is needed to assess the "sluggish cognitive tempo" construct and the subdivision of ADHD according to exo- and endo-phenotypes or comorbid conditions" i guess it did not?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR_rohjoCG4
