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How I Run a Company with ADHD

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Re: How I Run a Company with ADHD

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Post by tudelo »

ScottFree wrote: post #36

My reaction to this article has been... complex. ----- Bah! Another article about ADHD. ADHD's over diagnosed and not not as big a problem as people make it out to be. But, I'm curious all of a sudden, so I might as well read it. > For the first 19 years of my life I knew I was lazy. Yeah, I'm pretty lazy too. That's just who I am, though. I don't have ADHD... > So what, you can't stop bouncing your leg at the restau…

Honestly I had/have many similar symptoms (of course there is more than can be written in a short comment) and was diagnosed and started medication over a year ago. It has been very positive for me. YMMV.

Re: How I Run a Company with ADHD

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Post by internet_user »

akarma wrote: post #10
blakesterz wrote: post #2

ADHD sucks. I mean, it ain't cancer, but it sucks. I was never officially diagnosed, but when my son was at 7 is when I realized what ADHD really is, and that I'm an ADHD guy. Some how I made it through 40+ years with it and never knew it. I struggled though college, took me 9 years to get my BA. Somehow got a masters. Somehow managed to get a series of better jobs after my degrees. And I've somehow succeeded in life…

As someone who also has it: have you tried medicine like Adderall? I’m so torn on it. On one hand, it makes me so productive, but on the other, it makes me so unemotional and cold and abrasive. It also makes me sweat, increases my heart rate, and has a terrible comedown when taken often. I was diagnosed at 16 and was on it for years, eventually moving up to 4x the dosage as my body grew resistance. I’ve stopped it fo…

Look into nuvigil, and if that fails - wakix (pitolisant/tiprolisant)

Re: How I Run a Company with ADHD

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Post by internet_user »

adito wrote: post #37
blakesterz wrote: post #2

ADHD sucks. I mean, it ain't cancer, but it sucks. I was never officially diagnosed, but when my son was at 7 is when I realized what ADHD really is, and that I'm an ADHD guy. Some how I made it through 40+ years with it and never knew it. I struggled though college, took me 9 years to get my BA. Somehow got a masters. Somehow managed to get a series of better jobs after my degrees. And I've somehow succeeded in life…

> If you don't know much about ADHD , it's not what you think it is. Honest question, I don't know much about ADHD. What's ADHD actually is?

ADHD is some degree of impairement in the ability to self-direct your own behavior, also known as executive function.

Re: How I Run a Company with ADHD

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Post by internet_user »

garmaine wrote: post #8
povertyworld wrote: post #5

Edit: Off-topic, not ADHD related. Carry on.

Coaching does almost zilch to address ADHD needs. There’s some initial benefits, but it’s the same sort of benefit anyone would get from coaching. Coaching does not and cannot address anything specific to ADHD symptoms that manifest themselves in the moment.

Coaching is enormously useful.

It will not fix an organic brain issue, of course, but to understand and have a feedback loop on your own behavior - is very helpful.

Re: How I Run a Company with ADHD

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Post by internet_user »

QuackingJimbo wrote: post #14

I disagree with his list of upsides -- there is no upside to ADHD. It is a disability. I've been able to manage it without using stimulants, through very careful planning and trial and error (step #1 is avoiding useless wastes of time such as reading HN). But it just sucks.

why without stimulants?

Re: How I Run a Company with ADHD

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Post by ScottFree »

internet_user wrote: post #43
adito wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> If you don't know much about ADHD , it's not what you think it is. Honest question, I don't know much about ADHD. What's ADHD actually is?

ADHD is some degree of impairement in the ability to self-direct your own behavior, also known as executive function.

Isn't that at odds with your previous comment?

> Inability to sustain concentration is not a temperament. It's a neurological impairement.

The impression the article gave me is that ADHD is more the inability to choose what you focus on, not an inability to sustain concentration?

Re: How I Run a Company with ADHD

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Post by ddxxdd »

ScottFree wrote: post #36

My reaction to this article has been... complex. ----- Bah! Another article about ADHD. ADHD's over diagnosed and not not as big a problem as people make it out to be. But, I'm curious all of a sudden, so I might as well read it. > For the first 19 years of my life I knew I was lazy. Yeah, I'm pretty lazy too. That's just who I am, though. I don't have ADHD... > So what, you can't stop bouncing your leg at the restau…

An ADHD diagnosis is based roughly on a 5-percentile standard[0]. In other words, if you are a hardworking, industrious person, but the rest of society is harder-working and more industrious, then you automatically become ADHD-diagnosed by virtue of being on the left side of the bell curve.

It's also worth noting that in France, ADHD is seen as a problem with a child's environment instead of a medical issue[1].

[0] https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/12/28/adderall-risks-much-mo...

[1] https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/suffer-the-children/...

Re: How I Run a Company with ADHD

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Post by ryandvm »

adito wrote: post #37
blakesterz wrote: post #2

ADHD sucks. I mean, it ain't cancer, but it sucks. I was never officially diagnosed, but when my son was at 7 is when I realized what ADHD really is, and that I'm an ADHD guy. Some how I made it through 40+ years with it and never knew it. I struggled though college, took me 9 years to get my BA. Somehow got a masters. Somehow managed to get a series of better jobs after my degrees. And I've somehow succeeded in life…

> If you don't know much about ADHD , it's not what you think it is. Honest question, I don't know much about ADHD. What's ADHD actually is?

As someone that was diagnosed with ADHD at 37, ADHD is what society calls it when somebody has very little tolerance for paying attention to stuff they find boring.

But seriously, I agree with the square peg / round hole comments. I don't believe ADHD to be an illness because there are plenty of environments where I could thrive, the trick was it had to involve doing something I loved. Fortunately for me, I loved computer programming.

Re: How I Run a Company with ADHD

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Post by colechristensen »

falcolas wrote: post #40
colechristensen wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Read The Selfish Gene and https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2008/06/12/... There is doubt that a set of behaviors which is so prevalent in the population is just an accident and a disease. Evolutionary pressures exist to optimize gene expression ratios in a population. Put differently, when a certain gene becomes rare in a population individuals with that gene have a significant advantage in life and r…

We don’t live in ancient society. We live in our society. Not to mention, not all traits that survive evolution are positive.

I guess you can either think the individual is deficient or society is deficient.
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