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> Unfortunately, I just spend all of my time on HN and youtube on my unmedicated days. I often wonder about this with me. I've got various hallmarks of ADHD (e
by unshavedyak 3y ago
> Unfortunately, I just spend all of my time on HN and youtube on my unmedicated days.
I often wonder about this with me. I've got various hallmarks of ADHD (especially after my SO was diagnosed), but generally i'm productive.
In this specific case, i can't figure out if it's something like ADHD that drives this behavior _or_ just normal human avoidance of work i dislike.
Ie i of course don't have this problem when it's an interesting problem. I also tend not to have this problem after i get started, since most larger domains have interesting subdomains. Difficulty (read: vagueness, scope issues, etc) definitely lead to more of this for me though.
Human brains are weird.
- ActorNightly 3y agoADHD isn't so much as you are all over the place, its more along the lines of erradic attention. Hyperfocusing on a problem (especially one that is interesting) and being super productive is a common symptom. Stimulants basically help regulate the dopamine levels so you can context switch easier and spread your attention to more things.
- JohnBooty 3y agoYeah. I describe it like this: Imagine a top of the line TV. Fantastic image quality. The only catch is... you can't choose what content it's playing. That's ADHD. At least for some people. Like me.
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- saulrh 3y agoADD is not the lack of focus, it's the lack of executive control over focus. You may have a fantastic, nearly inhuman amount of focus, but without any ability to direct it - if you have something engaging to work on you can work on it to the total exclusion of all else for 12 hours at a time, but if such an engagement isn't present you'll just be pulled in every direction at random. At least, that's how it is for me.