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I mean ADHD is executive function dysregulation. An overtired kid can have a lot of behaviors and be able too tired to work. I don't find myself focused after

I mean ADHD is executive function dysregulation. An overtired kid can have a lot of behaviors and be able too tired to work. I don't find myself focused after a long day of work. I think what you mean is that what physical and mental exertion may do is train your body and increase your stamina which improves your focus long term. Sure it may help develop the neural pathways. Much like learning to read is hard at first but then becomes easy. Also people with ADHD can hyper-focus on the things that interest them. I am not sure what you mean by or how you would test varying physical and mental exertion in any reliable way. If we make kids run a mile and then rest and give them a math test what does mean?

dzink 3y ago
My argument is that if your kid has: 1. A lot of physical energy and is forced to sit on a chair 8 hrs a day, they would be miserable without a way to expend that energy. If they get to burn energy before or intermittently during the task, they will focus far more easily. 2. A mind as fast as a Porche and you make them drive behind a Tractor 8 hrs a day (listening to a slow talker describing things they already know), they would not be happy. I think ADHD is really underutilized mental and/or physical processing power. Some of us think and move like elephants and others like hummingbirds and we have to operate together. The educational system is often designed for the former, not the latter.
- EatingWithForks 3y ago
  ADHD isn't necessarily fast thinking, honestly, it is more accurate to call it an attention dysregulation. It might look like fast thinking because it can resemble someone with a regulated attention but who can context switch quickly. In actuality, it is more like someone who cannot control when their thoughts switch + their thoughts lose context suddenly. So it would be more like when you stand up, go to another room & forget what you went to the room to do but... everything, all the time.
  - LocalH 3y ago
    THIS

dzink 3y ago

My argument is that if your kid has: 1. A lot of physical energy and is forced to sit on a chair 8 hrs a day, they would be miserable without a way to expend that energy. If they get to burn energy before or intermittently during the task, they will focus far more easily. 2. A mind as fast as a Porche and you make them drive behind a Tractor 8 hrs a day (listening to a slow talker describing things they already know), they would not be happy. I think ADHD is really underutilized mental and/or physical processing power. Some of us think and move like elephants and others like hummingbirds and we have to operate together. The educational system is often designed for the former, not the latter.

EatingWithForks 3y ago
ADHD isn't necessarily fast thinking, honestly, it is more accurate to call it an attention dysregulation. It might look like fast thinking because it can resemble someone with a regulated attention but who can context switch quickly. In actuality, it is more like someone who cannot control when their thoughts switch + their thoughts lose context suddenly. So it would be more like when you stand up, go to another room & forget what you went to the room to do but... everything, all the time.
- LocalH 3y ago
  THIS