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Re:Show HN: Shimmer – ADHD coaching for adults, now on web by pppppppppp123 on Friday August 25, 2023 @01:35PM (#37264586)
The irony is that ADHD is extremely unscientific. If you go down the rabbit-hole, you will find out that the diagnosis criteria is entirely arbitrary, and the neurodevelopmental claim is unproven. No conclusive brain imaging and no gene studies either. Taking addictive meds which you develop a dependency for your entire life with health risks, premised on a theory of brain dysfunction that is not proven. Also, a medicine that 1/4 college students find benefit from. The symptoms are real, but the cause is still unknown, and the medicine works for everyone. No long-term safety studies either.

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