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For Diabetes, there’s Type I (genetic) and Type II (caused by frequent exposure to high blood sugar). I wonder if ADHD might have something similar, that we’re

For Diabetes, there’s Type I (genetic) and Type II (caused by frequent exposure to high blood sugar). I wonder if ADHD might have something similar, that we’re just beginning to notice. The brain’s plasticity might be adjusting to higher levels of dopamine from our phones. Anecdotally, I never had ADHD-like symptoms until COVID lockdowns. In the last year, I would spend pretty much all day in front of a screen and never get much meaningful stuff done. Now that I’m out and about more and staying away from phones, I feel less ADHD and I’m back to reading full length books and picking up hobbies.

user_7832 4y ago
Apparently stressful situations (university, becoming a parent) can cause folk's lives to fall apart revealing adhd that was being till then coped with okay (like in my case - I moved to a different continent for my degree). Covid too caused a huge shift for a lot of folks who may have been able to cope till then. (Personally I don't think ADHD is binary - autism is now understood as a spectrum, I think ADHD should be too.) Fun fact, I have diabetes too ;) Fun life lol