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Re:ADHD traits were an advantage in evolution by theshrike79 on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @05:34AM (#40498976)
The difference between medicated vs unmedicated ADHD is something that people can't understand.

Like just being able to focus on one task for hours. Easily.

Instead of your brain and attention bouncing between 15 different shiny things and eventually not getting anything done.

EXCEPT when there's a fire and production is horribly broken and you write the script that fixes it while the support team in India is still figuring out who to invite to a the meeting to discuss about starting to fix it :D (True story)

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Re:ADHD traits were an advantage in evolution by Ancapistani on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @12:06PM (#40502186)
> EXCEPT when there's a fire

I heard a description a few weeks ago - on TikTok, of all places - that perfectly describes this for me:

I'm calm under stress, and stressed when it's calm.

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Re:ADHD traits were an advantage in evolution by theshrike79 on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @05:37AM (#40510128)
Yea, I had an unconscious habit of waiting until things were on fire before doing anything about them.

Not really a healthy way to live in the end

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Re:ADHD traits were an advantage in evolution by tracker1 on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @12:53PM (#40502784)
Or completely replacing the email logic throughout an application with a db backed queue service in order to ensure delivery when the previously configured SMTP direct delivery gets spotty in about 2 hours.
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