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ADHD is an inability to focus. ChatGPT diagnosed you incorrectly.

LogicFailsMe 1mo ago
Not even wrong: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/hyperfocus-and-adhd https://health.clevelandclinic.org/hyperfocus-and-adhd "When you have ADHD, the problem isn’t that you lack attention, it’s that you struggle to control your attention — to put your attention where you want it to go rather than having it go where it wants to go. Hyperfocus is a natural consequence of that lack of control." Lived it. Made it work for me professionally in the end. Do not not need pointy hair edicts telling me how to do career development.
- breezybottom 1mo ago
  Sounds like it's just telling you what you want to hear. ADHD is when you can't focus, or when you focus too much. Really meaningful label then.
  - LogicFailsMe 1mo ago
    The Cleveland clinic is telling me what I want to hear? Righto squire.
  - ragequittah 1mo ago
    As odd as it sounds this is correct. Hyper focus is a huge problem with ADHD. You forget to eat and get worse sleep because you're so focused on 1 problem. This often means that you pay attention to nothing else around you or what's actually important which is where the deficit is.
    - breezybottom 1mo ago
      Sounds like you're just defining ADHD to mean whatever you want it to mean. Thankfully we didn't have TikTok to diagnose hyperfocusers like Einstein with a brain disease, or we never would have got general relativity.
      - ragequittah 1mo ago
        I highly suggest you read about the subject. This isn't the fringe science you're implying. It's a big reason I was diagnosed by my doctor. And it's often treated quite well by taking ADHD medications. “While the estimated 8 million adults in the USA affected by attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) might find it nearly impossible to sit still in a lecture hall or excruciatingly challenging to focus on writing a term paper, these same individuals might find themselves spending hours at a time composing a new song, tinkering with their car, writing computer code, or watching television (Kessler et al., 2006). The term “hyperfocus” (HF) has been used to characterize this state of heightened, focused attention that individuals with ADHD frequently report (Brown, 2005; Conner, 1994; Ozel-Kizil et al., 2016).”[1] [1]https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30267329/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30267329/ Other reading: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30267329/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30267329/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12438511/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12438511/
        breezybottom 1mo ago
        Yes, the medicalization of normal human experiences is lamentable. But grant money doesn't appear without diseases for pharma to treat.
        ragequittah 1mo ago
        Strange take. If it's normal to spend 12 hours not eating staring at a screen trying to solve 1 problem and completely oblivious to the outside world then I guess I don't know many normal people.
        breezybottom 1mo ago
        We'd still be living in caves if there weren't people like that.
        ragequittah 1mo ago

Not even wrong: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/hyperfocus-and-adhd https://health.clevelandclinic.org/hyperfocus-and-adhd "When you have ADHD, the problem isn’t that you lack attention, it’s that you struggle to control your attention — to put your attention where you want it to go rather than having it go where it wants to go. Hyperfocus is a natural consequence of that lack of control." Lived it. Made it work for me professionally in the end. Do not not need pointy hair edicts telling me how to do career development.

breezybottom 1mo ago
Sounds like it's just telling you what you want to hear. ADHD is when you can't focus, or when you focus too much. Really meaningful label then.
- LogicFailsMe 1mo ago
  The Cleveland clinic is telling me what I want to hear? Righto squire.
- ragequittah 1mo ago
  As odd as it sounds this is correct. Hyper focus is a huge problem with ADHD. You forget to eat and get worse sleep because you're so focused on 1 problem. This often means that you pay attention to nothing else around you or what's actually important which is where the deficit is.
  - breezybottom 1mo ago
    Sounds like you're just defining ADHD to mean whatever you want it to mean. Thankfully we didn't have TikTok to diagnose hyperfocusers like Einstein with a brain disease, or we never would have got general relativity.
    - ragequittah 1mo ago
      I highly suggest you read about the subject. This isn't the fringe science you're implying. It's a big reason I was diagnosed by my doctor. And it's often treated quite well by taking ADHD medications. “While the estimated 8 million adults in the USA affected by attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) might find it nearly impossible to sit still in a lecture hall or excruciatingly challenging to focus on writing a term paper, these same individuals might find themselves spending hours at a time composing a new song, tinkering with their car, writing computer code, or watching television (Kessler et al., 2006). The term “hyperfocus” (HF) has been used to characterize this state of heightened, focused attention that individuals with ADHD frequently report (Brown, 2005; Conner, 1994; Ozel-Kizil et al., 2016).”[1] [1]https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30267329/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30267329/ Other reading: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30267329/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30267329/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12438511/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12438511/
      - breezybottom 1mo ago
        Yes, the medicalization of normal human experiences is lamentable. But grant money doesn't appear without diseases for pharma to treat.
        ragequittah 1mo ago
        Strange take. If it's normal to spend 12 hours not eating staring at a screen trying to solve 1 problem and completely oblivious to the outside world then I guess I don't know many normal people.
        breezybottom 1mo ago
        We'd still be living in caves if there weren't people like that.
        ragequittah 1mo ago