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Re:Me and ADHD by q3k on Monday February 01, 2021 @03:25PM (#25993353)
> People are almost zombie like or they space out, or even on low-doses they almost can't "keep up" in conversation or meetings.

What you describe sounds more like symptoms of untreated ADHD rather than treated ADHD.

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Re:Me and ADHD by borski on Monday February 01, 2021 @03:28PM (#25993393)
This is exactly what I was thinking.
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Re:Me and ADHD by novok on Monday February 01, 2021 @03:35PM (#25993496)
Or sleep deprivation...
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Re:Me and ADHD by aidenn0 on Monday February 01, 2021 @03:54PM (#25993783)
People who are sleep deprived will actually have many of the symptoms of ADHD; poor subjective sense of time, difficulty focusing, &c.
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Re:Me and ADHD by nullsense on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @02:23AM (#25998192)
To make matters worse ADHDers often have terrible sleep quality due to not being able to get to bed on time because there's almost always something more interesting.
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