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I’m so tired of people dismissing ADHD as something other than ADHD. My diet has evolved throughout my lifetime, but you know what hasn’t? My ADHD experience.
by jnovek 4y ago
I’m so tired of people dismissing ADHD as something other than ADHD.
My diet has evolved throughout my lifetime, but you know what hasn’t? My ADHD experience. I’ve always struggled to stay focused, get started, finish tasks, manage time and set priorities since I was a young child.
Claiming it’s a food allergy — with no evidence! — just reinforces the idea that ADHD is a moral failing rather than a developmental disorder that renders many of us miserable and, sometimes, nearly powerless.
- sirsinsalot 4y agoThese idiots are so eager to write off what they don't understand ADHD is neurostructural ... you can see it in an MRI
- IntelMiner 4y agoAh so the vaccines did it then! Should have put onions in your shoes and walked it off /s In all seriousness an explanation I've seen banded around that seemed far more plausible is that it's an obsolete evolutionary mutation. Once we moved to farming and tribes/society, we no longer needed people who could stay up all night and be able to notice something miniscule like leaves ruffling in the distance
- sirsinsalot 4y agoI read that paper too. Even so, it's a mutation that leaves the person incongruent with the world in a way that limits happiness and self actualisation. Evolution or not.
- m3sh 4y agoi think you should increase you medicine intake so that you can understand what you read. I didn't say ADHD is a hoax but if you have food allergies and having internal lesions etc due to it, you can show symptoms similar to ADHD (being unable to focus etc) and one shouldn't dismiss this before going to a psychiatrist.