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Re:Ask HN: How do I develop focus? by PragmaticPulp on Monday April 04, 2022 @09:10AM (#30906203)
Beware of anyone who tries to convince you that stimulants will automatically solve all of your problems. Plenty of people seek stimulant prescriptions and then more intensely focus on their distractions because their underlying problem was something else. You do not want to acquire a stimulant tolerance and dependence if you don’t have to.

And be extremely wary of anyone who claims 75% of a group has ADHD (referring to parent commenter following up below) when the actual incidence in adults is in the single digit percentage points.

This is like someone asking why they’re not getting stronger in the gym and commenters rushing to insist they need testosterone replacement therapy. There’s no free lunch.

Re:Ask HN: How do I develop focus? by DaiPlusPlus on Monday April 04, 2022 @09:12AM (#30906216)
> And be extremely wary of anyone who claims 75% of a group

My remark was facetious, btw.

Re:Ask HN: How do I develop focus? by leto_ii on Monday April 04, 2022 @09:28AM (#30906389)
You should make that clear with an edit/update in the parent. Sarcasm doesn't work well in writing, people tend to take it at face value.