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Don't dismiss this episode. I thought it would be kind of trite and boring, but they bring up some really good "What if?" issues that Facebook has to deal with. It also brings up other issues like pay to those filtering and (albeit only a small amount) the stress of workers who have to wade through all the nasty reports.

[themtutty]

I want so badly to like Radiolab, but honestly I feel like it's produced by ADHD'ers, for ADHD'ers.

Hell, I feel like it gives me ADHD just listening.

[subcosmos]

Doesn't this imply it's best for people who aren't ADHD?

Wait, what are we talking about?

[oliveshell]

As somebody who has ADHD quite severely, I have never once in my life got distracted in the middle of a conversation. That’s not how it works, and I’m so goddamn sick of people making jokes like this about it.

Everybody with ADHD is slightly different, but for me it’s more of a disconnect between future rewards and present internal motivation. It’s not an issue when I’m talking to somebody – – that shit is all in the present and I thrive in the moment.

What I can’t do well at all is make my brain feel like a task is important, rewarding and worth doing if that reward will come far in the future.

[subcosmos]

I'm a lifelong sufferer myself, and so I like to jest.... forgive me

What you say makes sense and matches the neurology. I find that maintaining my dopamine levels can be a challenge, and on the extreme end, definitely associated with fatigue severe enough to lose track in the middle of a conversation.

Problems with the reward system and executive function are definitely part of the spectrum though! I identify with the symptoms you describe.

Today I'm on wellbutrin for the first time, and Im finding it more effective than amphetamines, despite perhaps an increase in social awkwardness. YMMV