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The Blinking LED, A simple Hack that still works for me after years: 1. Place a tiny LED (red or yellow) by the side of your monitor or virtually on the screen corner. Basically anywhere almost bordering your field of view. 2. Make it blink like a fast heartbeat (120-150 bpm) and gradually slowdown to around 60 bpm (or your slow heartbeat base). Make the slope approx 20 to 60 minutes (you can adjust the best rate by…
I think Slack is a silent killer of productivity, and terrible for an ADHD brain: You're either "engaged" and "available" (meaning you respond to messages in semi-real-time, pretty much nixing your ability to do deep work) or you feel like you're missing a lot of conversation that's going on behind your back, because you're heads down with Slack closed. Slack is good for (shitty) managers of remote teams, because you…
Every tool that is built for async communication will have the problems you listed.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2839459/#:~:tex... . Correct. fMRI studies show stark prefrontal activation differences between ADHD and neurotypical brains. I have run fMRI studies for air traffic controllers, who have the opposite experience from ADHD. Very high working memory and processing speed.
> Very high working memory and processing speed Are both of those really clinical markers for ADHD? as in, adhd would be expected to have low working memory and low processing speed? My understanding is its more about executive function I.E. deciding to start tasks. admittedly my experience is coloured by my own clinical diagnosis of adhd plus anecdotally good working memory and processing speed
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There may be a little bit of birds of a feather flocking together on this one. Similarly my closest circle have all got a diagnosis of something or other. Most are in the IT field too. For me personally I mostly attribute this to how the circle initially formed - a bunch of outcasts to varying degrees new to college glomping on to any familiar faces from highschool (despite not really interacting during high school)…
or it could be that ADHD is a spectrum with most people having some symptoms of it even if it's not very disruptive. The better question is how many of the people in these groups have been medically diagnosed?
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I feel similar with the “every morning” stuff. The problem is I have a very hard time making some happen every morning.
Same here. I have never been able to intentionally build a routine for just about anything, despite the autistic part of me aggressively wanting routine.
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Unfortunately genuine ADHD is a physiological problem that requires stimulant therapy _and_ cognitive behavior therapy in conjunction. Your dopamine and/or acetylcholine receptors are out of whack. This is why coffee and cigarettes/vapes are so prevalent. Methylphenidate or dexamphetamine work best but you pay a price. Yes, I have real world executive function research lab experience, so I know a bit of what I'm talk…
Did modafinil ever come up in your lab? I was DXed ADHD somewhat by surprise and due to the situation, medication was not an option (and is rather difficult to obtain in my country anyhow). After reading about off-label use of modafinil for ADHD, I gave it a go, and it has worked very well from my POV.
This again? A blog post stuffed with stolen art and often heard but absolutely not working advice? > Every morning, I start my day by planning it out in a custom template that displays my Google Calendar events and Todoist task list. For real? One of the best ADHD tools I am aware of is called the Anti Planner. It doesn't take long to find posts like "why to-do lists don't work for people with ADHD" https://coachjess…
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Did modafinil ever come up in your lab? I was DXed ADHD somewhat by surprise and due to the situation, medication was not an option (and is rather difficult to obtain in my country anyhow). After reading about off-label use of modafinil for ADHD, I gave it a go, and it has worked very well from my POV.
The lab was Air Traffic controllers. Same brain structures, but much, much higher functioning. I had many conversations with the psychologists about ADHD, but we were focused on measuring cognitive workload based on UI changes--measuring prefrontal cortex loading. I did most of the physiological event extraction from the terabyte event databases. Ironic (in a twisted fashion) that I would miss an interaction because…
What is everyone’s experience getting officially diagnosed and treated? I match up pretty closely with textbook symptoms and all of the free online “tests” indicate I should get treated for it… but how? I’ve found places that offer an ADHD screening at the tune of multiple thousands, not in network with any insurance, but those places don’t also treat it. I’m more interested in pharmacological treatments rather than…
If you live in the US - go to Zoom care - talk to a doctor, fill out a survey - walk out with a prescription. I don’t use medication anymore but when I first discovered it, it changed my life for a time - and in the US it is incredibly easy to get prescribed from my experience.
Lots of things to move from multiple (mental) "I'll deal with it later" piles to here, so excuse the randomness... I was diagnosed with ADHD at 44/45 too. I can't believe that no one (not even me) identified it based on all the symptoms and signs throughout my life. Medication was a life-changer. Suddenly all of my therapy started to become more effective. I was able to slow things down and actually take a long, hard…
It looks like we face plenty of common things. I have the same feeling as you regarding my daughter, too. On one hand, it freaks me out, but, as you said, on the other hand, I will be able to help her.
If you find some tool to interact with the phone vocally as a main entry point, I would be genuinely interested. :)