Night owls have more grey matter in their brains than early birds

Re:Night owls have more grey matter in their brains than ear... by throwaway743 on Monday June 15, 2020 @12:29AM (#23523811)

Been diagnosed with ADHD as well since my 20s. One could say I'm introverted, but struggle with hyperactivity in thought processes. My whole life I've had issues with both organizing my environments and thoughts, finishing one project before starting another, time management, list making (end up making lists within lists within lists), and bunch of other things. This sense of self loathing that comes in waves from all this. It definitely has some upsides when it comes to conceptualizing digital art projects and prototypes for business ideas, but those aspects are also the curse of it all... because shit never gets finished and I move onto the next thing after some time.

Idk why I'm writing this. I guess it was just on my mind and felt like joining in the discussion.

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Re:Night owls have more grey matter in their brains than ear... by dvcrn on Monday June 15, 2020 @01:16AM (#23524024)

Must be nice to be normal and just 'do things', right?

Still good that we have the medicine available that we have right now. Born in a different time and ADHD wouldn't even be considered a real thing.

Hang in there and sometimes just let your brain do whatever it wants :) Constantly forcing and fighting things can get you stuck in a stress spiral.

That, and meditation also helps with being more aware of what your brain is doing

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Re:Night owls have more grey matter in their brains than ear... by blaser-waffle on Monday June 15, 2020 @11:16AM (#23528157)

> Born in a different time and ADHD wouldn't even be considered a real thing.

Up until the post-WWII era desk jobs were pretty rare. You'd be in a factory or a farm, or something else not-desk-related.

Anecdata: I did a working holiday in Australia and worked on a farm. No issues with ADHD or other focuses -- exercise, sunlight, no caffeine, and not-desk-related work kept me on task. I notice a big difference even now with carbs and sleep patterns, and how they effect my focus.

Genetically we're still cavemen, and are equipped to always be swatting mosquitoes and looking out for bears, not sitting still and thinking through abstract bit-shifting.

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Re:Night owls have more grey matter in their brains than ear... by httpsterio on Monday June 15, 2020 @04:23AM (#23525102)

I display 100% of the issues you two listed, but for me medication hasn't helped. granted I only tried one medication for a week, but it didn't really do anything.

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Re:Night owls have more grey matter in their brains than ear... by DaiPlusPlus on Monday June 15, 2020 @09:10PM (#23534929)

“Medication” is an ill-defined term because amongst the currently prescribed substances in the US and most of the EU there’s very different mechanisms-of-action. Strattera, for example, is worlds apart from Dexedrine (...or Desoxyn, if you’re an extreme case).

Most drugs need at least two weeks to start having any effect - and the drugs that are shorter-acting (AMP-family mostly) still have a “breaking-in” period before they have the desired effect.

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Re:Night owls have more grey matter in their brains than ear... by scns on Monday June 15, 2020 @06:19AM (#23525784)

Some people who have ADD get worse on Ritalin. Check out Healing ADD by Daniel Amen. In there you will find recommendations for 7 different types of ADD.

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Re:Night owls have more grey matter in their brains than ear... by asimovfan on Monday June 15, 2020 @11:50AM (#23528693)

Meditation (and abstaining from alcohol) is the only cure for ADHD that i have found after years of misery and ritalin et al. I wish i could give this message to all the people who suffer from it. One must keep at it every day for half a year to have some success with it, so its hard.

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