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A comment on Ask HN: How did an adult ADHD diagnosis help you?.

Re:Ask HN: How did an adult ADHD diagnosis help you? by bongothrowaway on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @10:28AM (#27516009)
Mostly, it's helped me understand where some of my own idiosyncracies come from.

I don't take any medication for ADHD, mainly because I also have general anxiety and my understanding that is anxiety and ADHD medications tend to interfere with one another. I need the medication for my anxiety more; I've gone 30+ years coping with my ADHD symptoms and working around them, so I don't really need medication for them. But an official diagnosis is remarkably freeing, because at least I can finally say "THIS is why I'm like this".

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Re:Ask HN: How did an adult ADHD diagnosis help you? by pseudalopex on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @01:25PM (#27518561)
Stimulants tend to make anxiety worse. But treating ADHD tends to make anxiety better. So it depends. And there are other ADHD medications too.
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