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by romwell 5y ago
>In the case of boosters, the communication (c|sh)ould have been "we're gonna give booster. For now we think only immunocompromised people will need them, but we can't really rule out other options. Further research will t
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by romwell 5y ago
Thanks so much for saying this!
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by romwell 5y ago
Sadly, no Qi support on the phone that I currently have. But thanks for the tip!
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by romwell 5y ago
I don't have medical credentials. I do have an ADHD diagnosis confirmed by multiple people who do, and a PhD in math as a baseline for avoiding making false claims. You should trust my blog because about 50% of it is quotes/art fr
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by romwell 5y ago
Medication doesn't have the same effect for everyone. I was lucky in the way it worked for me, perhaps. The point is, just experiencing this month of calm and ability to do things helped me overcome a lifetime of learned helplessness.
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by romwell 5y ago
Thanks to both of you! You just made my day :)
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by romwell 5y ago
Have no idea why you were downvoted. That's true of most conditions (if it weren't, getting a correct diagnosis would be a straightforward manner!). Some symptoms are necessary (but not sufficient) conditions; some are sufficient
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by romwell 5y ago
The best I can come up with in terms of analogy is manual focus (like on old-school camera lens) vs. autofocus * Manual focus may not be very sharp, but you can change it instantly, and get within the ballpark every time. * Autofocus is ve
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by romwell 5y ago
>While I have never taken that specific stimulant, nor been diagnosed with ADHD ...you are not qualified to make statements of the sort, and I urge you to listen to people who have been diagnosed with ADHD and do take Adderall. Anoth
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by romwell 5y ago
Rejection Sensitivity seems to be rampant in ADHD folks. Can't say it's caused by ADHD, or the life experiences that one gets with ADHD, but it's a known correlation[1]. [1] https://www.additudemag.com/rejecti
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by romwell 5y ago
> you had issues focus, did music help? ADHD is not an issue focusing. I don't have a problem focusing per se [1]. The disorder's name is misleading [2]. In fact, I often have an excess of focus: focusing on something to the de
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by romwell 5y ago
Sure, but that still means FORTRAN is an easy language if your intro to programming isn't centered around text processing. And for many people, it isn't/hasn't been/doesn't have to be. That's the author&#x
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by romwell 5y ago
The trick you describe is known in the ADHD community as "climbing the Wall of Awful"[1]. It's effective for people with ADHD because ADHD makes it difficult to see that first step, preventing one from getting started[2]. Vis
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by romwell 5y ago
Well, the society isn't just cheating locusts. It's also people like you. And like me. Find your people, and you'll see a world worth contributing to. I subscribe to the view that the notion of a dream job — as opposed to a
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by romwell 5y ago
Well, ignoring the presence of "( , )" in Fortran is exactly what one should do. Recall that FORTRAN stands for FORmula TRANslator. FORTRAN is built for math. It makes math expressions — particularly, linear algebra stuff — easy
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by romwell 5y ago
You understand incorrectly, and you are propagating a harmful stereotype (which makes medication harder to obtain for people who need it). Aderall has vastly different effects on people with ADHD vs. the rest. The best I can say is the Adde
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by romwell 5y ago
>>Doing well at work is not an indication that you don’t have ADHD. >Of course it is. Maybe if you changed "indication" to "guarantee" I would agree with you but as it is that sentence is objectively wrong. I&#x
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by romwell 5y ago
I feel like the "after a shamefully massive delay" is a distinguishing factor for executive dysfunction caused by ADHD. With other conditions, people seem to be at least capable of giving up on tasks that they have put aside for
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by romwell 5y ago
I never thought about RSI, but also I've started having pain/weakness in my right hand last month (that, thankfully, has mostly gone away). The doc said it was tendenitis. I feel like excessive swipe-typing with my thumb may have
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by romwell 5y ago
I describe the game change as going from hard mode to moderate/easy. Same game, entirely different experience.
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by romwell 5y ago
I could've written your comment word-for-word, to the extent that I did a double take and checked to make sure I didn't write it. Personally, I say that ADHD stands for Awfully Described Human Disorder for that exact reason. Many
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by romwell 5y ago
First, thank you for sharing your perspective, which I find valuable and fully agree with. Second, thank you for putting in the time and effort to write a detailed response that directly addresses the point, as well as sharing your personal
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by romwell 5y ago
>I have what OP describes like crazy, I beat myself up over it frequently and think I need to do better. Yet somehow I keep getting glowing reviews at work and even just got promoted without asking. Hey, I have a PhD in mathematics, work
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by romwell 5y ago
The symptoms I described manifest in absence of any external stress. That's what makes them symptoms. The first question to ask about those is whether they have been present since childhood.
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by romwell 5y ago
>I wouldn't so quickly jump to "that's an ADHD symptom". I know many people inarguably not ADHD who exhibit similar task timescales. Well that's exactly the difference between a symptom and a diagnosis. ADHD has
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by romwell 5y ago
FYI, I'm not posting "the" link to my site. I'm linking to the specific posts I've written that directly relate to the comments I am responding to. I believe my writing is useful in such cases - not in the least bec
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by romwell 5y ago
Yup. I call them "small tasks"[1]. They're hell. [1] https://romankogan.net/adhd/#Small%20Tasks
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by romwell 5y ago
FYI, you are describing ADHD symptoms: >I have the same but it feels more like a type of paralysis rather than a loop See: "ADHD Paralysis"[1] >I can only do one task deeply at a time but while doing that, I will think and w
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by romwell 5y ago
I feel like you are being downvoted by people without ADHD who aren't getting what you are saying. For anyone wanting to learn more - welcome to my world: https://romankogan.net/adhd/
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by romwell 5y ago
That's me too; and I've also been diagnosed with ADHD last year. Medication[2] does help me quite a bit, but it's not a silver bullet. Have you tried Body Doubling[1]? It works wonders for me. The idea is working alongside ot

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