r/skeptic • u/Budget_Shallan • 25d ago

💩 Misinformation Neuroscientist podcaster with 20+ hours of ADHD content discovers it MIGHT be genetic "but there are too many variables to separate"!!!

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u/Dire_Wolf45 25d ago

hold up, is constantly being late a sign of ADHD?

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u/Budget_Shallan 25d ago

Yeah. ADHD people notoriously have time blindness.

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u/Dire_Wolf45 25d ago

well fuck. This and a meme i saw about people with adhd making lists of things to look up later and keeping 100 tabs open is making me think I might need to see the Dr, make sure.

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u/Budget_Shallan 25d ago

Good luck! Hopefully it's just ordinary disorganisation, but yeah, don't rule out your brain running on a dopamine deficiency.

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u/Budget_Shallan 25d ago

Maybe an oversimplification but the brain not having sufficient regular access to dopamine is definitely not pseudoscience.

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u/interwebz_2021 25d ago

And don't forget those neurotransmitter (esp. norepinephrine) deficiencies/reuptake issues. Big component of the executive dysfunction leg of ADHD. NNRI therapy (Strattera) has been hugely helpful for me on the executive front.

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u/YouCanLookItUp 25d ago

The screening tools are free online, which you can then bring to your doctor. PM if you want more info on adult diagnosis.

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u/my_4_cents 25d ago

100 tabs is rookie numbers

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u/ScoobyDone 25d ago

There are some common signs. Do you cut people off when talking for fear of losing your train of thought? Do you have no problem starting projects, but have trouble finishing them? Do you have a problem with delayed satisfaction? Do you get bored easily when trying to study or do deep work you don't find very interesting?

People with ADHD are usually driven more by their interests than other external factors.

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u/Dire_Wolf45 25d ago

yes to all. I try really hard not to cut people off though as I was taught it was rude, so I end up losing my train of thought a lot lmao.

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u/ScoobyDone 25d ago

Same here. Or I will go off on a tangent and then forget what my point was. LOL

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u/Dire_Wolf45 25d ago

lol yup. then I remember a point I wanted to make 4 minutes ago.

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u/Fickle_Ad_8214 25d ago

I have 7847 tabs open and don't ask me how many screenshots i have that I might need later as its probably about the same 🤣

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u/Dire_Wolf45 25d ago

Qell rhatnia definitively less than me lol. I also have screen shots though lol.

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u/NorthIslandlife 25d ago

Do you also not put anything into your phones calendar? Just curious...

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u/Dire_Wolf45 25d ago

That I actually do. But for things that don't have a set date, I put a daily reminder until I do it. Sometime they go on for months and I just ignore them every day.