More ADHD factoids for you from Dr Barkley
“there is no significant correlation between ADHD or its symptom severity and increased creativity.”
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from what I remember of my ADHD research:
caffeine is not an effective alternative to ADHD medications, but nicotine does alright.
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A rough estimate of ADHDs impairment on your executive functioning is 30% your age. You never make this gap back up.
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Mental development iirc is usually thought to stop around 30. Which means someone with clinically significant ADHD impairment will live the rest of their lives with the executive functioning of a neurotypical 21 year old.
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i hella don't believe this. like i believe it's true for most people but for contingent reasons and that it's possible to do better
+1, especially to the view that mental development doesn't *necessarily* stop at 30
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Yeah definitely. The point isn’t to worry about exact numbers but to consider the mental model you’re using to to evaluate someone with adhd. But my understanding is that this extends to trauma/mental blocks in general. People could developmentally behind in all sorts of ways
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Could be man and I hope more discoveries are made. I know I’ve seen some studies talking about mental improvements coming from unsupressiing mental blocks.
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