25% of Adults Suspect Undiagnosed ADHD - Neuroscience News
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A new survey reveals that 25% of adults in the U.S. suspect they may have undiagnosed ADHD, though only 13% have consulted a doctor.

A new survey reveals that 25% of adults in the U.S. suspect they may have undiagnosed ADHD, though only 13% have consulted a doctor.

  • Dasus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    22 days ago

    Remember when the Sacklers convinced everyone for years that Oxy isn’t addictive or over prescribed and definitely not causing a public health crisis?

    edit I write with a phone that’s somewhat broken and autocorrect keeps fucking up so there’s bound to be lots of mistakes, don’t mind them

    Yeah this seems a bit like that.

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4500182/

    Although there are also large differences. First off, the severity of the substance. You can get super addicted to stimulants, but the dependence isn’t anywhere close as bad as with opiates. It’s not that different from chugging a few strong energy drinks. (Different effects though, affect different neurotransmitters.)

    I personally believe AHDH is being overdiagnosed, but I also think there’s a condition for which those help which isn’t ADHD or ADD. I think there’s just so much stimuli nowadays to compared say 100 years or even just 30 years ago, that humanity is just struggling to keep up, biologically.

    So instead of being ADHD or ADD, which are *neurodevelopmental disorders, this might be a neurocognitive fatigue of some sort that most people are experiencing, because of our environments and modern society.

    Just as an off example, watching TV as a kid. You sat there and watched, at a certain time (which you already knew by heart for your shows but would find on TV-guide if you needed to check), until the commercials came on. Then you went to get a drink or a snack, or even dared to venture to other channels for a hot minute. Then go back to watch the rest of the show. It ends, and with it, programming for the day. What do? No doomscrolling or anything possible. Maybe some N64? No online games, no internet really, and rude to call people at night anyway.

    You had a different sort of peaceful than now. There’s more freedom now, but… well, it’s mostly just nostalgia, but there were advantages. I’ve noticed I quite often hop on Lemmy when something boring comes up in a thing I’m watching.

    Attention divided. Neurocognitive capacity exceeded. Stimulants required.