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Re: For some with ADHD, the low rumble of brown noise quiets the brain

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Post by enraged_camel »

isolli wrote: post #172
etempleton wrote: post #54

I don't know if I have ADHD, but if I do an online survey it says I most probably definitely do. I was never diagnosed as a child because I largely functioned as a kid and was quiet and non-disruptive, but looking back the signs were all there. Fast forward as an adult I have a number of coping mechanisms and one of them is to have something on in the background. I have never associated the effectiveness with the noi…

Music works for me if: a) it's without words, and b) I know inside out. For a long time it was Beethoven's fifth symphony :) Music also works for me by triggering an emotional state that helps me focus.

Synthwave/retrowave works great for me.

Re: For some with ADHD, the low rumble of brown noise quiets the brain

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Post by crispyambulance »

isolli wrote: post #172
etempleton wrote: post #54

I don't know if I have ADHD, but if I do an online survey it says I most probably definitely do. I was never diagnosed as a child because I largely functioned as a kid and was quiet and non-disruptive, but looking back the signs were all there. Fast forward as an adult I have a number of coping mechanisms and one of them is to have something on in the background. I have never associated the effectiveness with the noi…

Music works for me if: a) it's without words, and b) I know inside out. For a long time it was Beethoven's fifth symphony :) Music also works for me by triggering an emotional state that helps me focus.

I work in an open-plan office and headphones with brown-noise or the right-type of music is absolutely essential. The thing is, you can only do that for so long. At some point you get tired of the headphones.

I feel like I might "snap" one of these days and start telling people to STFU. The noise is dominated by a couple of people who, for whatever reason, can't seem to modulate their volume. Perhaps there's a name for that disorder as well?

In the meantime, my workplace has "focus rooms" which I use a few times a week. Since there's a box of tissues in there, I refer to them as crying rooms :-).

Re: For some with ADHD, the low rumble of brown noise quiets the brain

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Post by meltyness »

travisjungroth wrote: post #84
meltyness wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, in other news many environments are badly engineered, badly outfitted, and their inhabitants are content to let their artificially occupied mind anguish with squealing refrigerators, air conditioners, notifications, sleep issues, illumination issues, blood sugar spikes and trenches, social uncertainty and misplaced conscientiousness, and so on without attributing their focus issues to anything more specific tha…

When you're stigmatizing mental health, avoid writing it as a single run-on sentence that's 63 words long. The point loses its punch.

In what sense are any of those elements of distraction or the claim about vagueness "stigmatizing mental health"?

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Post by slim »

kortex wrote: post #8

I have ADHD and I straight-up don't do silence. Between restless brain and tinnitus, actual silence, or anything with a noise floor below ~15dB, just doesn't sit right with me. 20-30dB is about ideal. Especially when trying to sleep. I have some sort of fan/filter in just about every room. When I'm working, I'm almost always listening to music (unless I'm way over stimulated). It probably started when I was much youn…

is asthma correlated with ADHD ?

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etempleton wrote: post #54

I don't know if I have ADHD, but if I do an online survey it says I most probably definitely do. I was never diagnosed as a child because I largely functioned as a kid and was quiet and non-disruptive, but looking back the signs were all there. Fast forward as an adult I have a number of coping mechanisms and one of them is to have something on in the background. I have never associated the effectiveness with the noi…

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Post by valar_m »

0xFEE1DEAD wrote: post #169

I use this too. You should know the iPhone has this as a accessibility feature. Go to Accessibility -> Audio/Visual -> Background Sounds -> Sound -> Dark Noise After that go to Accessibility -> Accessibility Shortcut -> Background Sound and you'll be able to activate the noise with a tripple side button click

Anyone know if there anything similar for Android?

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Post by goldenkey »

elcritch wrote: post #154
triggercut wrote: post #152

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I did, my Blood Pressure is not great either but luckily, not enough to prevent taking anything, but enough to be careful. I'm in ok shape, not the best I've ever been in, but not terrible. I just take something to help reduce my heart rate at night. Unfortunately stimulants don't have much of an affect on me so I take quite a high dose at the moment. I'm doing all the suggested things to help them along, like increa…

You might discuss an SSRI with your docs if you don't already take one. They can help with the depression, and seem to promote neurogenesis which can help the re-wiring process. Of course they can have side effects. I've been curious about neurofeedback too. You mean the ones that record physiological responses right? Theres also brain stimulation devices which seem intriguing https://www.healio.com/news/psychiatry/2…

Warning: SSRIs are highly habit forming despite not being scheduled as narcotics. They cause intense physical dependence. In my opinion, the juice is not worth the squeeze.

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Post by jerojero »

isolli wrote: post #172
etempleton wrote: post #54

I don't know if I have ADHD, but if I do an online survey it says I most probably definitely do. I was never diagnosed as a child because I largely functioned as a kid and was quiet and non-disruptive, but looking back the signs were all there. Fast forward as an adult I have a number of coping mechanisms and one of them is to have something on in the background. I have never associated the effectiveness with the noi…

Music works for me if: a) it's without words, and b) I know inside out. For a long time it was Beethoven's fifth symphony :) Music also works for me by triggering an emotional state that helps me focus.

I also use Beethoven's 5th symphony when I really want to get something done. I also like the 9th as well as Mozart's requiem.
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