How I got to 200 productive hours a month

Re:How I got to 200 productive hours a month by davymac on Friday September 22, 2017 @07:44AM (#15311229)

Learned inattention is different from ADHD. The whole world has learned innattentive behavior at this point. This can be solved without medication fairly simply. ADHD or as Dr Russell Barkley calls it, Executive Function Disorder, is neurological in origin. By all means try behavior changes first, like you said, but if that works, it was never ADHD to begin with. Finding a youtube video of Dr Russell Barkley was a godsend for me.

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Re:How I got to 200 productive hours a month by justanotherjoe on Friday September 22, 2017 @08:03AM (#15311351)

> but if that works, it was never ADHD to begin with

You're putting yourself in an irrefutable position then.

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Re:How I got to 200 productive hours a month by dlfsdkfnlk on Friday September 22, 2017 @10:15AM (#15312331)

Yes, because the argument is that the US over-diagnoses ADHD. As in kids being kids and not being laser-focused are suddenly diagnosed with ADHD. In this case, someone procrastinating because they have something difficult to do would be ADHD. It may not be the case.

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Re:How I got to 200 productive hours a month by kortex on Friday September 22, 2017 @10:11AM (#15312299)

No, it's just saying that under scrutiny, it's not all that hard to differentiate "learned inattention " and bad habits from genuine ADHD.

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