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Re:Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and the Ri... by electric_mayhem on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @08:13PM (#37923311)
> Maybe there’s something neurologically wrong from the beginning that manifests as ADHD and later turns into dementia?

I can’t speak to the dementia portion, but it would not surprise me. As for the adhd being the result of something ‘neurologically wrong’… I feel like we should replace ‘wrong’ with something less charged, maybe ‘sub-optimal’ or ‘problematic’, but you intuited your way into something I’ve spent years in therapy and reading books to finally grok.

Two specific books that come to mind: The Myth of Normal and What Happened to you

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Re:Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and the Ri... by iinnPP on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @08:38PM (#37923501)
It is simply another state of being.
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Re:Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and the Ri... by yieldcrv on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @08:44PM (#37923540)
I think there are configurations that are objectively wrong. I think we’ve overreacted to be inclusive and this creates blind spots in our current approach.

We can define wrong as counterproductive, while seeking to accommodate those configurations and seek to reduce their affects or mitigate them entirely

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Re:Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and the Ri... by nextaccountic on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @08:47PM (#37923556)
adhd is largely maladaptive in the modern world but the question is whether it was maladaptive in a hunter-gatherer society

personally I feel that the symptoms of adhd are less relevant and doesn't impair my daily functions as much if I focus my entire waking time on outdoor activities like biking and swimming, and while I never hunted with primitive tools it might share some similarities

I think this is something that could be verified in practice too, since we still have hunter-gatherers societies

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Re:Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and the Ri... by rokkitmensch on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @11:02PM (#37924408)
my girl likes "neuro-spicy".
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