Re:How I got to 200 productive hours a month
by falcolas on Friday September 22, 2017 @01:13PM
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The currently understood source of ADHD is a mis-wiring of the brain. Currently we don't know of a better way than meds to alleviate such a condition. CBT helps to a degree, CBT + meds works much better for more severe cases.
Re:How I got to 200 productive hours a month
by brookside on Friday September 22, 2017 @05:02PM
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> The currently understood source of ADHD is a mis-wiring of the brain.
Is that actually understood, though? We had the heavily promoted social consensus for a long while that depression is caused by a chemical imbalance, which is now seen as a somewhat disproven theory that never had much evidence.
Re:How I got to 200 productive hours a month
by falcolas on Friday September 22, 2017 @06:23PM
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Very little about the brain is really well understood. That said, this is about the best we have so far.
From a video I linked elsewhere in this discussion:
Gallo, E. F., & Posner, J. (2016). Moving towards causality in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: overview of neural and genetic mechanisms. Lancet Psychiatry, 3(1), 555-567. Konrad, K., & Eickhoff, S. B. (2010).
Is the ADHD brain wired differenctly? A review on structural and functional connectivity in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Human Brain Mapping, 31(1), 904-916.
Just because ADHD causes other problems doesn't mean that ADHD itself comes out of nowhere. The previous post has a valid point that ADHD itself is a symptom of something else and that drugs aren't necessarily the best way to reduce/eliminate ADHD at the source.