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Launch HN: Inflow (YC S21) – Self-help app for people with ADHD

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Re: Launch HN: Inflow (YC S21) – Self-help app for people with ADHD

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Post by eurasiantiger »

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #8
guipsp wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not diagnosing you or anything like that, but you should know that hyper focus is a symptom of adhd.

Maybe, but I know a family member with true ADHD, and it's quite different. For one thing, he gets along with other folks, much better than I ever did.

There are multiple types of ADHD, so you two may be discussing different ones. The commonly used categories are

1. primarily hyperactive (cannot stay physically still),

2. primarily inattentive (”daydreamer”),

3. combined type, with features from both 1. and 2.

Re: Launch HN: Inflow (YC S21) – Self-help app for people with ADHD

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Post by exdsq »

geocrasher wrote: post #9
n1000 wrote: post #5

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Hyperfocus is actually one of the odd trades of ADHD. If people with ADHD work on a topic that motivates them, they can easily loose hours just like you describe. However, if the task is too mundane or overwhelming, I can easily procrastinate months on them.

^ This. As a 45 year old recently diagnosed with ADHD, I realize how much of my life was described by things like this. The more I learn about ADD/ADHD, the more sense I make to myself.

This sounds very much like me. Give me interesting work and I won’t stop, give me mundane work and I’ll find more interesting work till I have to do it. I’m 27, how did you end up getting diagnosed later into adult life?

Re: Launch HN: Inflow (YC S21) – Self-help app for people with ADHD

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Post by exhaze »

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #8
guipsp wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not diagnosing you or anything like that, but you should know that hyper focus is a symptom of adhd.

Maybe, but I know a family member with true ADHD, and it's quite different. For one thing, he gets along with other folks, much better than I ever did.

There's no true ADHD. ADHD has many different manifestations. The one trait I have seen described that seemed most common was "difficulty with impulse control"

Re: Launch HN: Inflow (YC S21) – Self-help app for people with ADHD

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Post by geocrasher »

exdsq wrote: post #12
geocrasher wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

^ This. As a 45 year old recently diagnosed with ADHD, I realize how much of my life was described by things like this. The more I learn about ADD/ADHD, the more sense I make to myself.

This sounds very much like me. Give me interesting work and I won’t stop, give me mundane work and I’ll find more interesting work till I have to do it. I’m 27, how did you end up getting diagnosed later into adult life?

A new coworker, who was recently diagnosed, said to me "you have a lot of the traits that I have that led me to getting diagnosed." So I talked to my doctor, filled out a short questionnaire, and it was official. Before seeing the doctor, I mentioned it to my adult daughter and her response was "Well DUH." Seems like everyone knew but me lol.

Re: Launch HN: Inflow (YC S21) – Self-help app for people with ADHD

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Post by jdavis703 »

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #2

I wish you luck! I have the opposite issue. I'm ... what do you call it? neurodiverse (at one time, I was an "aspie"), and I can actually get locked into a fugue, so strong, that hours go by like minutes. In the aggregate, it has worked out OK. I'm a damn good programmer (but a total nerd). I do have family that have suffered from ADHD, and hope that your app may be helpful.

This isn’t part of the colloquial zeitgeist, but the executive functioning issues of ADHD and ASD share a lot of common symptoms around a lot of social behavior patterns.

For example I am diagnosed as ADHD. But I feel I have some issues that put me on the autism spectrum. After doing a lot more in-depth reading I’m pretty convinced I am not autistic, even though many of my symptoms do intersect with autism.

Strongly encourage you read more books about ASD and autism and then seek professional advice if you believe it would make your life better.

Re: Launch HN: Inflow (YC S21) – Self-help app for people with ADHD

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Post by pi7h3n »

mysterydip wrote: post #3

One thing I've wanted in an app is some kind of organized quick way to do "where did i put that?" and "did I try this food option before and did I like it or not?" My main concern with any app is remembering to use it. I have a dozen or so alarms, and todo lists, and I still forget to check them. Beyond some push notification, what ways can your app help me remember to use it to make it a habit?

if they pay me to use it I'll make it a habit for sure :)

Re: Launch HN: Inflow (YC S21) – Self-help app for people with ADHD

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Post by TheFreim »

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #2

I wish you luck! I have the opposite issue. I'm ... what do you call it? neurodiverse (at one time, I was an "aspie"), and I can actually get locked into a fugue, so strong, that hours go by like minutes. In the aggregate, it has worked out OK. I'm a damn good programmer (but a total nerd). I do have family that have suffered from ADHD, and hope that your app may be helpful.

> and I can actually get locked into a fugue, so strong, that hours go by like minutes.

Is this not a normal occurrence? I thought this is just how it is for everyone when they encounter a problem that captivates them.

Re: Launch HN: Inflow (YC S21) – Self-help app for people with ADHD

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Post by beaconstudios »

mysterydip wrote: post #3

One thing I've wanted in an app is some kind of organized quick way to do "where did i put that?" and "did I try this food option before and did I like it or not?" My main concern with any app is remembering to use it. I have a dozen or so alarms, and todo lists, and I still forget to check them. Beyond some push notification, what ways can your app help me remember to use it to make it a habit?

you might want to try Notion or Evernote something like that; externalised memory is generally served by note-taking apps. Roam is also good, if you don't like organising your notes hierarchically. Remembering to use it is not an issue of memory, but of habituation; there are decent habit-tracking apps like habitica to help with that. Of course, the first habit you'll want to build is the habit of using a habit tracker! For me, the easiest way to do that was to plumb in the habits I already do (brush teeth, make breakfast etc) and focus on checking them off daily. Then I could build on that into making new habits.

Re: Launch HN: Inflow (YC S21) – Self-help app for people with ADHD

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Post by jdavis703 »

exdsq wrote: post #12
geocrasher wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

^ This. As a 45 year old recently diagnosed with ADHD, I realize how much of my life was described by things like this. The more I learn about ADD/ADHD, the more sense I make to myself.

This sounds very much like me. Give me interesting work and I won’t stop, give me mundane work and I’ll find more interesting work till I have to do it. I’m 27, how did you end up getting diagnosed later into adult life?

Not OP, but I suspected ADHD starting from my late teens. Looking back as a child I had impulsive behavior issues and caused harm to other children. Perhaps if I had been in a public or private school I would’ve been diagnosed earlier. But anyways as an adult I was really nervous to go to a shrink. Wound up going in my late 20s and received a diagnosis.

Re: Launch HN: Inflow (YC S21) – Self-help app for people with ADHD

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Post by vinodkd »

minor nit about your website: the top menu's css might need adjusting. On my laptop (dell xps) the last letter of each word shows up in the next line, like so:

    Abou  FAQ
    t     s
Triggered my (minor) OCD!

Edit: added minor due to comment below in an attempt to clarify. The wierd text placement does bother me, i'm not joking. but its not that bad that i cannot get past it and read the rest of the website. thought i'd let the OP know; dont mean to poke fun at people who have been diagnosed with OCD. i'm still learning these terms via a child who was diagnosed with ADHD.

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