The most effective online service that truly does help is Focusmate. Quite cheap and has a very simple premise.
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Show HN: Shimmer – ADHD coaching for adults, now on web
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#72Erf that pricing is cooked. Straight into the basket of unobtanium along with the 3000 bucks for adult diagnosis. Cheers but no thanks.
Man I'm glad I don't live in the US. Healthcare for a profit is gross. Go get some government funding and release your service for more accessible prices.
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#73Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hi yes, I am still here. (1) We currently only have self reported symptom reduction (83% state symptom reduction within 6 weeks) that we've been using as a proxy so far, but we know we need more. (2) We are actually in the process of designing a more formal pilot with our Clinical Advisor Dr. Anil Chacko. We will launch this in the next 2 months, which we're very excited by. We're just tying up the loose ends in term…
So you only have one claim (83% state symptom reduction within 6 weeks, whatever that means) at this point and that claim seems very weakly supported as it is not rigorous and no customer can verify. As a non-traditional medical startups I understand you guys want to get ahead fast and quick, but to me I am not sure if ADHD patients want to gamble a few hundred bucks to save money in the hopes that it MIGHT work for…
Definitely, and we hear you. We're excited for our upcoming pilot with more rigorous study. Also, as mentioned in a different thread, we're definitely not a medical service nor replacement for medical service. If members are looking to "save money" from an alternative, the alternative this person would be comparing us to would be another ADHD coaching service (likely an individual or small group of coaches)—in this case, that service likely will not have pilot data at scale either.
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#74"All of our Shimmer ADHD Coaches are licensed or certified mental health professionals or have extensive experience with ADHD & undergo our Shimmer Coach Training program developed alongside our clinical advisors Dr. Amin Azzam (MD, MA), Dr. Anil Chacko (PhD), and our Head ADHD Coaching Psychologist Xenia Angevin." What is "undergo our Shimmer Coach Training program developed alongside our clinical advisors Dr. Amin…
Looks like the same bait and switch Dr. K (Healthy Gamer) did. Put a real MD on the poster, and once they sign up hook your customers with people with 3 weeks of "professional training".
We definitely are not trying to pass as a medical service. However, we do our due diligence to make sure we have medical staff on board to advise us on our protocols, services, train our staff, supervise our staff, and to stand in if there is any escalation needed. We hope it's clear Dr. Anil himself is not coaching and very happy to make things more clear by adding his title to the front of the card.
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#75I feel like I may have it, but I am so down in a hole I just want others to do the boring shit like cooking and cleaning and billing for me and I can just work & play. I have tried for years alredy. Is there a solution for that?
There is. (Assuming USA Tech Salary, and willingness to use money to fix problems.)
1. Clean up your place JUST enough to get some cleaning people in. (Yes, you can hire people to clean the apartment. Even if you are SITTING IN IT.)
2. Cooking: Find a meal service you like, and order. Honestly there's many good ones, we've been using Top Chef.
3. Get all your bills on auto-pay against your credit card. This will also make sure you are never late on your bills.
Money is merely potential energy. If you need to convert it into real energy... do it.
Re: Show HN: Shimmer – ADHD coaching for adults, now on web
#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
Looks like the same bait and switch Dr. K (Healthy Gamer) did. Put a real MD on the poster, and once they sign up hook your customers with people with 3 weeks of "professional training".
But honestly, that can be a win. A good process (with a person you resonate with) can go further than a medical degree. Personal opinion, based on lots of experience.
Thanks for this comment—you've nailed it. The service we're providing in it's very nature is not medical and instead encompasses support functions like accountability, celebration of the member, helping the member feel "seen and heard", etc. Many of our members have not got that from their doctors, nor do they expect it given the doctors role. We advocate for layering the services you need together (e.g. I have a doctor, psychiatrist, coach, right now.) and our coaches work hard to communicate the role of a coach and the boundaries.
Re: Show HN: Shimmer – ADHD coaching for adults, now on web
#77Erf that pricing is cooked. Straight into the basket of unobtanium along with the 3000 bucks for adult diagnosis. Cheers but no thanks. Man I'm glad I don't live in the US. Healthcare for a profit is gross. Go get some government funding and release your service for more accessible prices.
We're currently applying, thank you!
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#78Funny this is one of the most distracting blog posts I've read in a bit. Emojis everywhere, boxes, Intercom, sign up to the newsletter, animations, confusing wordings, multiple colors for the text. I doubt the author has a grasping of ADHD.
I know a pair of BFFs who both have ADD. Watching them try to have one conversation is quite eye opening. And a bit exhausting. I'm thinking back to every conversation I've ever had with a polymath or a person with ADD and asking myself, "man, is this what everyone else experienced listening to me?" No wonder the conversations always devolved to 1:1. People with ADD understand why they shouldn't distract others, but…
Ironically my friend married someone with ADHD, they visited us, and me and her took a walk, that ended up being 4 hours because it was so effortless for us to just jump topic to topic and talk about 10 different things in detail at the same time. We didn't have to re-focus or focus our energy to keep pace with normal people's way of speaking.
It was the wildest and easiest conversation I've ever had in my life.
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I have some powerful coping mechanisms. I can manage my ADHD on my own. But earlier this year, I finally got around to working with a doc who prescribed me meds. It's amazing how much extra mental energy I have now that I'm not expending so much of it on those coping mechanisms. It's great to learn how to get by without meds. That's important, and the meds aren't a magic wand that will miraculously make you happy and…
This. I got meds with 37. Did a degree in CS and was successfully self-employed for years until that. Everything worked out okay-ish, but meds are a game changer. It really felt like I was playing "life" on hard mode until then.
You were. I'll give you how much of a handicap it may have been.
I was 50th percentile on the CAT in 2nd grade, unmedicated.
I was 90th percentile on the CAT in 3rd grade, medicated.
Figure out how much catch up and passing I did in 1 year... 1 year.
I've gone on to have a nice successful career and life. But without meds and help... No way.
Re: Show HN: Shimmer – ADHD coaching for adults, now on web
#80"All of our Shimmer ADHD Coaches are licensed or certified mental health professionals or have extensive experience with ADHD & undergo our Shimmer Coach Training program developed alongside our clinical advisors Dr. Amin Azzam (MD, MA), Dr. Anil Chacko (PhD), and our Head ADHD Coaching Psychologist Xenia Angevin." What is "undergo our Shimmer Coach Training program developed alongside our clinical advisors Dr. Amin…
Looks like the same bait and switch Dr. K (Healthy Gamer) did. Put a real MD on the poster, and once they sign up hook your customers with people with 3 weeks of "professional training".
Just recently found about his youtube channel and have found his content to be quite beneficial. Did not know that he'd done this. Can I read about this anywhere? There seems to be a lot of folks who are critical about him.