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ADHD is a pretty broad brush. While I’ve no doubt that some instances fuel a predisposition for addiction, I’ve seen exactly the opposite tendencies exhibited a
by findyourexit 3y ago
ADHD is a pretty broad brush. While I’ve no doubt that some instances fuel a predisposition for addiction, I’ve seen exactly the opposite tendencies exhibited also.
- mtlmtlmtlmtl 3y agoI'm not saying there aren't people with ADHD who don't get addicted, but the statistics are unambiguous. Just google ADHD and addiction and you'll find plenty of studies.
- k__ 3y ago21% of men with ADHD and 13% of women with ADHD VS 9% of men without ADHD and 5% of women without ADHD Fair enough, more than double. However, not the majority of the people with ADHD, so it could still be a ADHD-relates boredom problem and less a typical addiction issue. (Which doesn't make the results less dangerous, but the mechanisms that cause it different) Sources: https://www.addictioncenter.com/addiction/adhd/ https://www.addictioncenter.com/addiction/adhd/ https://americanaddictioncenters.org/addiction-statistics https://americanaddictioncenters.org/addiction-statistics