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Actually never crossed my mind it could be a sickness-related. I just thought it as a sort of "too many possibilities saturation" or too quick loss of interest.

Actually never crossed my mind it could be a sickness-related. I just thought it as a sort of "too many possibilities saturation" or too quick loss of interest. So I decided to ask like-minded people like you here, at least from the same more or less background. Will make the online test, though...

yrgulation 4y ago
I would be cautious in self diagnosing. Taking pills and self medication is thrown around quite easily around here. One does indeed need to find their own path without blaming mental health as a first resort. I am now seeking a transition from software development to something else and as such i experiment with concepts and ideas quite frequently. I changed jobs for a while until i settled down for what i liked, now its time to find something else. Nothing mental health related in this.
RHSman2 4y ago
ADHD isn’t a sickness. It’s a thing that an awful lot of people have.
- Bakary 4y ago
  Disorder is the better word, but it's still a condition defined in relation to how it affects your capacity to function in the target society
  - RHSman2 4y ago
    I have it for reference. Both my children have it. What is the difference between someone who has it and somebody who doesn’t? Where is the line? There is no biological line because we all have these traits. It is only a disorder of it interferes with how you interact with modern life/society. Being human is a condition and for some a disorder. Here, have a drug (anything that triggers dopamine)
    - Bakary 4y ago
      Yes, by definition the difference is only in the sense that it affects your life negatively. Of course, negatively will be relative but logically if the individual is okay with it (and the people in their life agree) they will not seek treatment or a diagnosis. To be more precise the cliché idea that society is insane and the individual is sane is not really helpful because dysfunction relative to the society is the entire defining aspect of what insanity is.
      - RHSman2 4y ago
        Perhaps that is why adhd diagnosis is on the up because we see so many people suffering in the construct that does not work well for those that have such sensitivities?
        Bakary 4y ago
        I think there is too much information in general and it's affecting us in unpredictable ways!
bmitc 4y ago
I would in general recommend a good therapist. (Warning: this may take some trial and error.) They will help you understand your personality and be able to make professional recommendations, including getting officially tested for things. It's a bit dangerous to convince yourself of various maladies via online tests and anecdotes, especially when a lot of things can be addressed psychologically and behaviorally and also because many disorders share similar symptoms.
lm28469 4y ago
> Will make the online test, though... Go see doctors and therapists, different ones, to get different opinions Not fitting in our crazy modern world doesn't mean you're "sick"
tediousdemise 4y ago
You’re getting a lot of advice about ADHD and the medications prescribed for it. My advice is to tread cautiously and know the risks, because most doctors won’t tell you (or they’ll just gloss over them). Amphetamines are addictive and, used as prescribed, you can find yourself with way worse attention and psychological problems. This is especially true if you take them on a daily basis as prescribed. Taken this way, they can lead to chronically depleted adrenals and long term downregulation of your dopamine receptors, which means you’ll feel like shit when you run out of medicine. The road to up-regulating your receptors is long and arduous. Hopefully you don’t have a problem filling your medicine, as most people who take controlled substances inevitably come across righteous pharmacists who will refuse to fill them (instead, they will tell you they are out of stock). There are also long term risks such as the development of Parkinson’s disease. Is a little bit of productivity now for your boss worth developing a debilitating disease in retirement? Only you can make that call.
- ismail 4y ago
  > Taken this way, they can lead to chronically depleted adrenals and long term downregulation of your dopamine receptors, which means you’ll feel like shit when you run out of medicine. The road to up-regulating your receptors is long and arduous. Do you have references? > There are also long term risks such as the development of Parkinson’s disease Do you have references?
  - tediousdemise 4y ago
    1) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5419581/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5419581/ 2) https://n.neurology.org/content/90/15_Supplement/P6.079 https://n.neurology.org/content/90/15_Supplement/P6.079

yrgulation 4y ago

I would be cautious in self diagnosing. Taking pills and self medication is thrown around quite easily around here. One does indeed need to find their own path without blaming mental health as a first resort. I am now seeking a transition from software development to something else and as such i experiment with concepts and ideas quite frequently. I changed jobs for a while until i settled down for what i liked, now its time to find something else. Nothing mental health related in this.

RHSman2 4y ago

ADHD isn’t a sickness. It’s a thing that an awful lot of people have.

Bakary 4y ago
Disorder is the better word, but it's still a condition defined in relation to how it affects your capacity to function in the target society
- RHSman2 4y ago
  I have it for reference. Both my children have it. What is the difference between someone who has it and somebody who doesn’t? Where is the line? There is no biological line because we all have these traits. It is only a disorder of it interferes with how you interact with modern life/society. Being human is a condition and for some a disorder. Here, have a drug (anything that triggers dopamine)
  - Bakary 4y ago
    Yes, by definition the difference is only in the sense that it affects your life negatively. Of course, negatively will be relative but logically if the individual is okay with it (and the people in their life agree) they will not seek treatment or a diagnosis. To be more precise the cliché idea that society is insane and the individual is sane is not really helpful because dysfunction relative to the society is the entire defining aspect of what insanity is.
    - RHSman2 4y ago
      Perhaps that is why adhd diagnosis is on the up because we see so many people suffering in the construct that does not work well for those that have such sensitivities?
      - Bakary 4y ago
        I think there is too much information in general and it's affecting us in unpredictable ways!

bmitc 4y ago

I would in general recommend a good therapist. (Warning: this may take some trial and error.) They will help you understand your personality and be able to make professional recommendations, including getting officially tested for things. It's a bit dangerous to convince yourself of various maladies via online tests and anecdotes, especially when a lot of things can be addressed psychologically and behaviorally and also because many disorders share similar symptoms.

lm28469 4y ago

> Will make the online test, though... Go see doctors and therapists, different ones, to get different opinions Not fitting in our crazy modern world doesn't mean you're "sick"

tediousdemise 4y ago

You’re getting a lot of advice about ADHD and the medications prescribed for it. My advice is to tread cautiously and know the risks, because most doctors won’t tell you (or they’ll just gloss over them). Amphetamines are addictive and, used as prescribed, you can find yourself with way worse attention and psychological problems. This is especially true if you take them on a daily basis as prescribed. Taken this way, they can lead to chronically depleted adrenals and long term downregulation of your dopamine receptors, which means you’ll feel like shit when you run out of medicine. The road to up-regulating your receptors is long and arduous. Hopefully you don’t have a problem filling your medicine, as most people who take controlled substances inevitably come across righteous pharmacists who will refuse to fill them (instead, they will tell you they are out of stock). There are also long term risks such as the development of Parkinson’s disease. Is a little bit of productivity now for your boss worth developing a debilitating disease in retirement? Only you can make that call.

ismail 4y ago
> Taken this way, they can lead to chronically depleted adrenals and long term downregulation of your dopamine receptors, which means you’ll feel like shit when you run out of medicine. The road to up-regulating your receptors is long and arduous. Do you have references? > There are also long term risks such as the development of Parkinson’s disease Do you have references?
- tediousdemise 4y ago
  1) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5419581/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5419581/ 2) https://n.neurology.org/content/90/15_Supplement/P6.079 https://n.neurology.org/content/90/15_Supplement/P6.079