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All these years later I still chuckle at what a fucking moron that guy is.
Lol, the ignorance of this post.
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Does ADHD exist?
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Keihart
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That is scientifically false.
Drugs can save lives but so do life style changes and therapy in cases like most people with depression (not all), there is even a point system on the effect of life style changes and medication on depression, a good night of sleep has as many points as starting to get some happy pills.
It would be pretty awesome if it was as easy as just getting the pills for it.
The oldest strawman that leads to overmedication of antidepressants it's that there is just something wrong with your brain if you have depression and is the drugs or nothing.
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Whitecrow
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I get your point. And I agree to a degree.
But 'Life style' it's not something you cant change with the flip of a switch.
If you win the lottery and forget about working in an awful place, and you can invest time in your hobbies, buy a house and become independent, while making the life of your dear ones easier, of course depression could go away without pills. (Unless it's chronic...)
But then pills are prescribed, 99% of times is assuming you are stuck in your life-style and you cant take it anymore.
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I can only verify anecdotally but I was only properly diagnosed at 31 and before that my brain was running at 110% all hours of the day. No coffee or other stimulants. Had a lot of trouble sleeping, bad anxiety, depression, terrible emotional stability, difficulty concentrating in school (high school, college twice). After getting some medication, and some practices in place, it is a night and day difference.
If anyone feels like you have difficulty managing your brain, in a sense, make sure you talk to a therapist. While ADHD isn't always the cause here there are a lot of symptoms that coincide with it that can make it difficult to pinpoint and require you to run the gauntlet of medication(or therapy sessions). I had to go through anti-depressants and anti-anxiety before reaching ADHD medication that seems to curve all the symptoms at once.
Understandably, a lot of people are skeptical since some doctors and most pharmaceutical companies aren't known for being forthright but it does exist to a certain degree so don't let it ruin your life if you feel like something is wrong. The symptoms can begin to stack over time and get worse.
If anyone feels like you have difficulty managing your brain, in a sense, make sure you talk to a therapist. While ADHD isn't always the cause here there are a lot of symptoms that coincide with it that can make it difficult to pinpoint and require you to run the gauntlet of medication(or therapy sessions). I had to go through anti-depressants and anti-anxiety before reaching ADHD medication that seems to curve all the symptoms at once.
Understandably, a lot of people are skeptical since some doctors and most pharmaceutical companies aren't known for being forthright but it does exist to a certain degree so don't let it ruin your life if you feel like something is wrong. The symptoms can begin to stack over time and get worse.
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Potentially, but I grew up before things were more readily available and have been off all social media for years now and didn't seem to make a big difference. It changed my way of thinking but not how much I would do.
Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
For some people I'm sure it does, but for people with ADHD it is like that with anything.
ADHD isn't about being easily distracted. It's about the fundamental inability to stay focused. Which is not the same thing. A person who is easily distracted by outside stimuli can bring them to focus by either isolating themselves or by doing something as simpls as putting headphones on to drown out the noise around them. Meanwhile a person with ADHD could do the same exact thing and still have trouble staying focused because it's not about the outside stimuli. It's about their own brain.
AJUMP23
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Seems like I was talking about inability to focus and not easily distracted.
Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
I had assumed that's what you meant because otherwise the obvious answer would have been no. The inability to focus would still be present regardless of the amount of media that is consumed by the individual. You could take a person with ADHD and put them in a blank white room in total silence, present them with an assignment of some kind, and leave them to do it. They would still find ways to get distracted. They would scribble on the paper, they would drum the pen or pencil, they would get up and walk around, etc etc. It has nothing to do with what's going on around them. Though what is going around them certainly doesn't help.
Woody Nvincible
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I live with it. I basically drink coffee all day in order to slow down my brain enough to not get fired from my job. Drinking a cup of coffee when I get into bed helps me fall asleep at night.