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Video Game Is Built to Be Prescribed to Children With A.D.H.D.

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"Cure" for ADHD has already been found: just delay going to school until age of 7 https://cepa.stanford.edu/content/gift-time-school-starting-...

just delay going to school until age of 7

Delaying the start of formal school attendance (which my family achieves up to the age of fourteen or so by homeschooling) is very helpful indeed, but it is not a complete preventive measure for attention problems. I know lots of homeschooled children who have plenty of attention-regulation difficulties, and on the other hand I know children who have attended school since preschool age who do just fine in focusing their attention. (I am a teacher and regularly meet young people in my math classes who began school attendance early.)

In most of these matters, family history makes a big difference.[1] Sure enough, the children I know who have the most trouble regulating their attention have parents who have difficulties with the same issue, although perhaps not so severe by adult age. The suggestion of the press release you kindly shared that not going to school as soon as is typical recently is a good idea is an idea that is plausible to me, but it will not entirely prevent ADHD.

[1] http://www.cdc.gov/genomics/famhistory/

http://www.healthline.com/health/adhd/genetic#Causes2

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It's an interesting idea. Apparently exercise is also extremely effective at ADHD treatment. There is a whole chart of different treatments that have been tested here: http://curetogether.com/blog/2011/02/22/what-patients-say-wo...

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20141126155350/http://curetogeth...

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For one data point I know at least one person who sometimes use Counter Strike (offline w/bots) to mitigate some of the side effects of his/hers ADHD-PI, like extreme sleepyness during daytime (whenever something gets boring.) I guess this is a very individual thing though.

I do this. Games are highly stimulating and conducive to hyperfocus. Before I do, I tend to feel lethargic, low in mood due to a sense of never having the focus to see anything through or even be decent at something and a lot of 'bouncing' (thing microscopic chrome tabs, 5 PDFs, all surrounding multiple topics - usually, none hook me that day either). At that point, I usually say "screw it, I'll play a game". Complex…

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post #7

"Cure" for ADHD has already been found: just delay going to school until age of 7 https://cepa.stanford.edu/content/gift-time-school-starting-...

That is easily contradicted by the existence of ADHD in Finland, where all children delay school until age 7.

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post #7

"Cure" for ADHD has already been found: just delay going to school until age of 7 https://cepa.stanford.edu/content/gift-time-school-starting-...

1. That's a reduction, not a cure.

2. The variable in that study is not only starting school at a later age, but also taking 1-grade-easier classes at every age. You might only need to do one of those.

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