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Re:Adults with ADHD live shorter lives than those without a ... by NX9mqsSv8 on Thursday January 23, 2025 @09:28PM (#42809991)
Is it the ADHD or the treatment for ADHD that correlates with shorter life?
Re:Adults with ADHD live shorter lives than those without a ... by PaulHoule on Friday January 24, 2025 @07:46AM (#42812582)
It's not clear from what they say as I see it.

My guess is that they get you coming or going; medication may help with the behavioral toxicity, but has negative side effects. That "early adopter" I mention says that he needs his Dexedrine (his monthly dose comes in a pill bottle which is approaching the size of a small trash can) to do anything, but he doesn't do very much and has a serious hoarding problem.

My take is that for kids it is not a matter of what is good for the kid but what is good for the school. Much of "neurodivergence awareness" is not an increased acceptance of people's diversity but a reduced tolerance where a kid can't just be "weird" or "out of sync" but has to have a diagnosis.