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> ADHD is present from birth and cannot develop as the result of trauma. This is a misleading claim, as secondary ADHD can result from traumatic head injury, a
by ghusbands 7y ago
> ADHD is present from birth and cannot develop as the result of trauma.
This is a misleading claim, as secondary ADHD can result from traumatic head injury, and childhood trauma can result in a condition that may differ from but is behaviourally very similar to ADHD.
- ryanmercer 7y agoAnd sleep deprivation/poor sleep habits, psychotropic use, stimulants, etc can all cause comparable conditions. I imagine the original quote isn't talking about a specific, concrete, diagnosis and is leaning more towards the colloquial use. I had some meetings at the YC SF office 2 years ago and everyone I saw, and talked to, had a phone or laptop screen they were staring at while trying to also talk to you and in some instances pausing at their laptop to do something on their phone while occasionally looking up to notice you were still there and talking. Anecdotally I find that doing the above can start to cause you to not be able to focus on any one thing with any real level of attention and I'm not a founder or startup employee that has a ton of real, and imagined, pressure/worry added to that.