This is an excellent guide. Some thoughts on ADHD as a social phenomenon:
I’ve seen more comments on HN recently about the disorder, and people sharing their experiences. I personally believe that it’s more commonplace than seen, and my personal theory is that maybe many people have it on the lower end of the spectrum, and thus are high functioning.
But I’m also wondering that if the characteristic symptoms of ADHD also exist beyond the neurological condition and maybe people who have other disorders might also experience ADHD symptoms and thus self-diagnose it?
In my own limited experience, the common diagnostic process seems awfully lax, while the rigorous version takes hours and costs thousands to undertake. So could there also be a lot of people being misdiagnosed?
I’m also wondering if it’s possible to manifest ADHD symptoms or even start thinking like someone with it, due to the environmental factors of modern life, specifically continuous attention-diverting digital lifestyles.
Finally, for whatever reason ADHD is currently the internet condition en vogue, much like self-diagnosing Asperger’s was in the 2000s and identifying as an introvert was a few years ago, see this recent tweet skewering a fatuous graphic attributing a common non-ADHD related issue to ADHD:
A core part of ADHD diagnosis is if the patterns have been present since you were a kid.
It also requires there be a struggle or problem with the patterns that cause issues with normal living and functioning.
The industry in general (well, the part of it HN folks have tended to be from), is maturing and that can bring folks to have to seriously face these issues. It isn’t as new and shiny as it once was. Also, stress from the pandemic and burnout and very non-ADHD friendly circumstances have been turning the screws and making it significantly more painful - which also highlights it.
I’ve seen more comments on HN recently about the disorder, and people sharing their experiences. I personally believe that it’s more commonplace than seen, and my personal theory is that maybe many people have it on the lower end of the spectrum, and thus are high functioning.
But I’m also wondering that if the characteristic symptoms of ADHD also exist beyond the neurological condition and maybe people who have other disorders might also experience ADHD symptoms and thus self-diagnose it?
In my own limited experience, the common diagnostic process seems awfully lax, while the rigorous version takes hours and costs thousands to undertake. So could there also be a lot of people being misdiagnosed?
I’m also wondering if it’s possible to manifest ADHD symptoms or even start thinking like someone with it, due to the environmental factors of modern life, specifically continuous attention-diverting digital lifestyles.
Finally, for whatever reason ADHD is currently the internet condition en vogue, much like self-diagnosing Asperger’s was in the 2000s and identifying as an introvert was a few years ago, see this recent tweet skewering a fatuous graphic attributing a common non-ADHD related issue to ADHD:
https://twitter.com/juchemane/status/1473045475444109320