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I score 6 out of 6. Meanwhile, I have a wife and two kids, live in a nice house. I did well at school. I have no problem landing jobs that pay really well. I h

by d--b 11mo ago

I score 6 out of 6. Meanwhile, I have a wife and two kids, live in a nice house. I did well at school. I have no problem landing jobs that pay really well. I have lots of friends. I have many hobbies I like. I can play music decently well. I like 3d modelling. I am writing screenplays. I did the startup thing. I am not depressed, I am not anxious, I feel fine, I feel smart, I feel able. I have no particular "strategy" to "cope" with my "disorder". I am just disordered, and I don't care. Does it get me in trouble? Not really. The worst I got is my brother telling me he can't count on me cause I am mostly MIA. I can live with that. Sometimes I think that if I was more ordered, I would have a better career. But the reality is that I don't even want to have a better career. Which is probably the main reason why I don't have a better career. I am not sick. I don't have ADHD. Not the way people who have ADHD describe it. People with ADHD forget a lot of stuff all the time. They can't function properly at all. It's nothing to do with "finishing projects". It's about finding ways not to lose your car keys every day. In the US, ADHD is way over-diagnosed. It's over diagnosed because US society makes you believe that "success" is a question of "willpower", and that if you can't gather enough "willpower", it's because you're somehow broken. It's over diagnosed, because the health system is incentivized to over-diagnosed. It's over diagnosed because they create 1 minute tests that are made to make people feel like they have it. It's over diagnosed because it's one of the only mental conditions that can be treated with pills, which means it's monetizable. It's overdiagnosed, because it's not a condition people feel ashamed of (unlike depression). I know a lot of people on HN are diagnosed and treated for it. But you guys need to really ask yourself whether the way you felt before being diagnosed was so bad that you need to take brain-altering drugs to "fix" it.

windup-bird 11mo ago
If you can manage your symptoms and don't suffer, you don't have ADHD. ADHD has a huge impact, not only mentally but also physically and on others. For example much higher risk for Alzheimer's and accidents. It's not as great as it might sound to you to take stimulants. I wish I didn't need to take them. Yes, there are surely people diagnosed with ADHD who could do without diagnosis, but having ADHD and not being diagnosed is horrible for most people. And there are groups who suffer, because their ADHD is less obvious, such as women and older people. ADHD is much more complex and devastating than you suggest. You can't fix it with strategies, many people feel ashamed all the time, because they can't function like a "normal" person

by d--b 11mo ago

windup-bird 11mo ago

If you can manage your symptoms and don't suffer, you don't have ADHD. ADHD has a huge impact, not only mentally but also physically and on others. For example much higher risk for Alzheimer's and accidents. It's not as great as it might sound to you to take stimulants. I wish I didn't need to take them. Yes, there are surely people diagnosed with ADHD who could do without diagnosis, but having ADHD and not being diagnosed is horrible for most people. And there are groups who suffer, because their ADHD is less obvious, such as women and older people. ADHD is much more complex and devastating than you suggest. You can't fix it with strategies, many people feel ashamed all the time, because they can't function like a "normal" person