I just talked to someone over at John Hopkins again (she is involved with the SMD studies) and she says they have a lot of jumpers/pacers, so now I am wondering if DS10 has SMD, and the adults who have maladaptive daydreaming are just people who have SMD but haven't been able to learn to control it/live with it for whatever reason. I spoke to my brother and he confirmed that he has either SMD or MD but he says it became a great asset as an adult because he was able to design things in his head without having to use paper etc. He does still pace, etc.
The person at John Hopkins said that she knew a lot of adults who had it and have been fine. She did say she was not familiar with MD though.
But it's possible it could be the same condition, just different names.
