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by darkarmani
4473 days ago
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> Are you sure that "hyperfocus" is a symptom of ADHD? Yes. The name is a misnomer. It's a kind of executive function disorder. The ability to prioritize and focus at will on what is needed. Hyperfocus means that other things that might need to be a priority are being dropped. Hyperfocus is only good when it is on the right things. > it's all a matter of determination. That's good for you, but what about the people that can't no matter what level of determination? Determination isn't a solution to erectile disfunction so why is it a solution to adhd? > on the other hand it's often misdiagnosed and those drugs may in fact do more harm than good in many cases. Isn't that true in almost all treatments? In how many cases have medication caused more harm than good? |
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I was trying to suggest that there can't be a one size fits all - some people are fat because they practice impulsive eating at midnight and/or when upset and some people are fat because their metabolism is seriously malfunctioning (e.g. people with diabetes or a predisposition to diabetes). Can you agree that we've got at least these 2 categories? Can you see how these 2 categories require different types of treatment?
In regards to treatments sometimes doing more harm than good and my problem with an ADHD diagnosis from my experience in talking with people diagnosed as such is that the diagnosis itself is often without any hint to the root cause, being often about the symptoms. For example a magnesium deficit can lead to ADHD symptoms. If a person with a magnesium deficit takes drugs that don't treat this deficit, it's easy to see how the treatment can do harm.