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> Several startups are capitalizing on this rule change with subscription services to send you Adderall prescriptions after a short 5-minute Zoom with a doctor.

> Several startups are capitalizing on this rule change with subscription services to send you Adderall prescriptions after a short 5-minute Zoom with a doctor. This really explains a lot - I have been seeing a sudden surge of of ADHD "diagnosis" or ADHD related content on all the popular social platforms (including HN) in the past 6 months or so, and was pondering if it was a concerted social media campaign by some pharma company or fund managers. For those of you wondering if you have ADHD, please be aware that the more common depression and anxiety disorder often share similar symptoms. Some personality disorders too may appear like ADHD to the untrained. It is very easy to misdiagnose yourself when it comes to such mental ailment.

zwkrt 5y ago
It’s also helpful that everyone wishes that they were more focused in their life. To paraphrase Dostoyevsky in The Idiot: “after his mock execution did he spend his days as if every day was his last? ‘No, quite the opposite, he was still a dour man who procrastinated and wasted much time’”
corobo 5y ago
I learned of ADHD symptoms through a friend who got diagnosed and I've had other friends since recognise similarities and have asked me how I got evaluated Sucks that there's people milking it for clout or whatever but it makes sense it's a word of mouth thing, I was never made aware of its existence or it's symptoms in school or anything. If you go by my education the only mental disorder that exists is depression As for depression that has seemingly turned out to have been a side effect of untreatment. I've been sad or unhappy and all the normal down emotions but the depression basically dropped to nothing. Anxiety is falling away slowly too I'm in the UK too so it's like a tenner a month for the prescription, probably not a money thing here at least Similarly to how self diagnosis isn't the way don't self-undiagnose yourself either if you're suspecting something, ask a doctor rather than a web forum
- NylaTheWolf 5y ago
  I clicked on your HN profile and saw on your blog that you got diagnosed with ADHD this year. Congratulations on your diagnosis. I have ADHD and it absolutely sucks. I'm glad that you can finally get treated for it :)
crate_barre 5y ago
We’re creating a society that’s going to force more people to resort to these drugs. Just take software development interviews, leetcode, med school, law school, these are intense things. You have a choice, dope up and grind these things or never have a chance at a good career. We aren’t building a society for healthy habits.

zwkrt 5y ago

It’s also helpful that everyone wishes that they were more focused in their life. To paraphrase Dostoyevsky in The Idiot: “after his mock execution did he spend his days as if every day was his last? ‘No, quite the opposite, he was still a dour man who procrastinated and wasted much time’”

corobo 5y ago

I learned of ADHD symptoms through a friend who got diagnosed and I've had other friends since recognise similarities and have asked me how I got evaluated Sucks that there's people milking it for clout or whatever but it makes sense it's a word of mouth thing, I was never made aware of its existence or it's symptoms in school or anything. If you go by my education the only mental disorder that exists is depression As for depression that has seemingly turned out to have been a side effect of untreatment. I've been sad or unhappy and all the normal down emotions but the depression basically dropped to nothing. Anxiety is falling away slowly too I'm in the UK too so it's like a tenner a month for the prescription, probably not a money thing here at least Similarly to how self diagnosis isn't the way don't self-undiagnose yourself either if you're suspecting something, ask a doctor rather than a web forum

NylaTheWolf 5y ago
I clicked on your HN profile and saw on your blog that you got diagnosed with ADHD this year. Congratulations on your diagnosis. I have ADHD and it absolutely sucks. I'm glad that you can finally get treated for it :)

crate_barre 5y ago

We’re creating a society that’s going to force more people to resort to these drugs. Just take software development interviews, leetcode, med school, law school, these are intense things. You have a choice, dope up and grind these things or never have a chance at a good career. We aren’t building a society for healthy habits.