ADHD may have been an evolutionary advantage, research suggests

#Guardian #ADHD #Biology #Evolution

ADHD may have been an evolutionary advantage, research suggests

Traits associated with the neurodevelopmental disorder could have helped early humans when foraging for food

^{Nicola Davis (The Guardian)}

Certainly does.

Last year was pretty tumultuous for me, both the realisation and the hoops I had to go through to get medication.

Been a hell of a ride so far.

Two things I've discovered about telling people about ADHD.

- The ones who need to be told what it's like say, 'but everyone is like that'
- The ones who have heard of it repeat the line 'it's a blessing and a curse'.

so I'm quite circumspect about who I tell.

Thanks for the nice response.

#adhd

Only discovered my ADHD after 67 years last year.

This is exactly my experience.

At least I know what it is now.

#adhd

I had a pretty busy day yesterday Sunday, and yet at bed time around 11:30 PM I still was restless and played Cyberpunk 2077 for about 3 hours before finally hitting the sack.

These 3 hours are an #ADHD tax, and I’m going to pay for it in reduced energy until Wednesday, if and only if I don’t get restless again at bedtime for a couple nights, which may not happen, independently of my will.

I couldn’t have slept on time even if I had tried, I know it because it has happened to me before and I just ended up lying in bed, wide awake, with my brain still obsessing over something. In this case the best I can do is give in to my brain’s terrorism and do the thing I’m obsessing over before finally be ready for sleep a few hours later.

And it has nothing to do with my mood, I can be content like yesterday and still need this time for my brain to quiet down.

How does it work for you?

10 Restlessness
20 Take on too many projects
30 Anxiety about amount of work
40 Painfully power through/Ditch projects
50 GOTO 10

#ADHD #ADD

- What's your login?
- ********
- What's your password?
*distracted*
- *****
- This is the wrong password. What's your password?
*scramble through notes*
- ******
- You have been logged out for inactivity. What's your login?

#ADHD #ADD

- Why weren’t you paying attention?
- It’s too expensive, I can’t afford it!

#ADHD #ADD

Here's a scene from the TV show Malcom in the Middle during which a character attempts to replace a lightbulb. It felt extremely relatable to both my partner and myself, at both ends of this not so rare situation. #ADHD #ADD

Discovered via https://hachyderm.io/@hrefna/111604304020044972

Hrefna (DHC)

2023-12-19 00:42:13

tl;dr: What I want:

@'Expose
private List<JsonObject> items;

What I get:

#ActivityPub

Hal fixing a light bulb (from Malcolm in the Middle S03E06 - Health Scare)

I think this is pretty familiar for most of us.To everyone who watches this: please check out this youtube creator called nartharie . He has created some of ...

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