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by fasteo 2121 days ago
>>> Just because you sometimes code for 12 hours straight

Precisely because you can code 12 hours non-stop, you chances to have undiagnosed ADHD are actually higher.

"Attention Deficit isn't an inability to focus, it's an inability to exert executive control over focus". This is the best ADHD description I have read. Of course, here in HN[1]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22135054

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Note that executive functioning disorders can also point to autism spectrum disorders. Under the DSM4 it was actually discouraged to diagnose co-morbid ADHD with ASD.