slipperlobster's comments

Agreed. I'm definitely the "target" of this article, as I've just recently been diagnosed in my late 30s with adult ADHD. I feel like I've shown the signs during my childhood - poor grades due to poor attention span, constant fidgeting, and emotional irregularity due to hyperactivity and my impatience of others. Only recently have I thought to actually see anyone about it, as I've started seeing similar signs in my daughter.

Reading through the article, it definitely highlighted concerns I had about my process: lack of available providers (to the point that many wouldn't even accept a call from a new patient), essentially forced to use online services, relatively short discussions before treatment, and ultimately being prescribed stimulants.

Overall, I'm glad I started this process. I definitely feel better on the medication, to the point where I'm able to effectively track my daily tasking, keep cohesive notes, drastically reduce my unintended verbal interruptions of others, and churn work out without context switching so often. I obviously can work without the medication, but it's absolutely a night and day difference to me. Ultimately, I just hope that the progression of the adult ADHD diagnosis and discovery continues to mature, and online services aren't completely cut off from the space.

Strangely enough, there seem to be a lot of hidden references and callbacks in Bluey.

Just one source I found: https://www.reddit.com/r/bluey/comments/ipi4ft/a_thread_for_...

Completely agree, and I am continuously frustrated that the US has such poor personal privacy standards and regulations, regardless of how effective any existing regulations are.

The testing kits may be the "best" - their data retention and security just sucks. I (stupidly) did 23andMe a while back, I've since requested my data to be deleted. Who knows if that's even honored.

Paywall bypasses: https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https://www.wired.com/story/apple-lo...

https://web.archive.org/web/20240102160143/https://www.wired...

I definitely don't disagree, although I typically do about double that count (albeit on the lower range).

I'm not a fan of subscriptions, but a search engine is definitely something I can understand requiring a subscription fee. Something like my calendar app? Nope (had to drop... some app because they moved from a perpetual license to a subscription).

Wow, this is super cool. Thank you! I love the straight-to-the-point nature of the articles, constraining them to a single page.

I don't know if it's overpriced, or if it is the sticker shock of _having to pay for search where almost everywhere else provides it for free_. I'd rather not pay, but I'd also rather pay and support something to get them to stick around long-term.

Just wanna throw my hat in for an unsolicited Kagi recommendation. I switched almost a year ago, and it's been great.

My comment re: tipping really was just further emphasizing the "forced pleasantries" of modern dining. I know this is a relatively bitter/cynical take, but at the end of the day, I'm there to get food, the workers are there to work and get money. I'm not trying to be someone's friend while they're at work.

I'm there to eat, not socialize with people explicitly paid to act nice to me, though. Let's not even get into tipping culture, here...

I've only seen QR code -> PDF menu (and one where it was QR code -> web interface to order food/drinks). I agree with you re: app, but I think it's completely reasonable in 2023 to expect the general public to carry their mobile phones around with them.

Yeah. I feel like any time this comes up on HN, the comments heavily skew towards moving _away_ from integrating technology into the dining process. I'm all for it. I don't want to do the whole song-and-dance of chatting with a server, I don't want to deal with them coming to the table mid-bite to ask if everything is OK. Just let me order via a QR code and table number. Hell, I'll even clean the table when I'm done.

This obviously does not apply to fine dining, only really fast casual/fast food.

This is good to hear that you have a solid foundation of how to best work with your son. I definitely wish I had that level of support growing up! I'm hoping to do the same with my kid.

> Yet I distinctly remember kids from my childhood who could not hold a conversation, they would literally break off into a new topic while you were mid-sentence with them.

I have some variant of this - I'm constantly, subconsciously cutting in during someone else's sentence just to blurt out what immediately came to my brain, because I usually forget it by the time they are done. It's something I'm really working on, but it gets better day-by-day.

My issue with reading is that my eyes will continue on while my brain has already left the station, so to speak. I'll end up having to go back and re-read sentences/paragraphs.

I started doing some research (prior to speaking with my psychiatrist) and started noticing some ADHD-esque behaviors in my toddler. I'm not looking to get them diagnosed (yet?), because who knows what is "normal young kid inattentiveness and hyperactivity" versus anything else, but ADHD is absolutely hereditary and a family history is one aspect that is/was used to diagnose.

This is a good resource I've read (well, listened to the audiobook of..): https://www.amazon.com/Driven-Distraction-Revised-Recognizin...

Yeah, mine said it's ~50/50 shot. We're trying the non-stimulant while waiting on the cardiologist to do a deeper look at a potential heart issue. shrug

The most I've felt with the atomoxetine is a loss of appetite, which I'm not opposed to for the time being :)

Note that ADHD can manifest physically, mentally, or a combination of the two. I've been recently diagnosed with ADHD in my late 30s after finally seeing a psychiatrist, and at most my physical manifestation of it is minor fidgeting.

Where it really burns me is not being able to dedicate brainpower for more than a few minutes at a time, unless I'm in one of my "focus" modes. Similarly, my brain constantly has multiple tasks/"conversations" going on and I'm always thinking of something else. Additionally, I'm always chasing something novel to satisfy some dopamine hit.

I've honestly worked around a lot of the issues I deal with prior to being diagnosed, knowing when I'm not in a "focus" mode and trying to (gently) steer back to being productive. I joke about my "gaming ADHD" where I don't sit with a game for more than a half hour or so before moving on to something else. Internal dialogues are just something I work with.

Not saying you're right or wrong, but it's difficult to compare someone else's problems with your own (potential) issues.

e: Also note that there are non-stimulants on the market. I'm currently trialing one while I wait for a cardiologist to review some records for possible stimulant conflicts.

Absolutely agreed (and I do follow that advice). I throw this stuff on in the car when I'm dropping off the kid at school.

Still good to know what's going on day-to-day, albeit a bit more micro-level than not.

I listen to a few podcasts focused on US politics: David Pakman (has a finance background, very level-headed in his viewpoints): https://davidpakman.com/

I Doubt It: https://dollemore.com/

I also listen to non-politics stuff: Factually: https://www.adamconover.net/

Dumb Dad Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dumb-dad-podcast/id146...