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thruster_fuel69 t1_itlg829 wrote

Reply to comment by AaronfromKY in Study finds brain changes associated with ADHD remission. As the brains of those with ADHD mature, some individuals may repetitively engage in strategies that compensate for symptoms. These repetitive behaviors may result in the brain changes seen in those who went into remission. by Wagamaga

Apparently I'm a super high functioning adhd, only medicated recently after like 20 years. Although I coped extremely well (did well as engineer), it was so much extra effort. Now that I'm on meds I see how hard my life was before. I would never call high function adhd remission myself..

For example, I was always exhausted and scared of context switching because I knew distractions would ruin my process. Now that I'm medicated there's no fear and in fact I'm very good at multi tasking. At the end of the day I'm not exhaused and defeated like I was before when i was supposedly in "remission".

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Angerwing t1_itnxpp6 wrote

FYI I can easily clock an ADHD individual online by their use of parenthetical comments (probably all those tangential thoughts).

Not making fun, I've been doing that extensively all my life.

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thruster_fuel69 t1_itny7em wrote

I've learned to trust them, honestly I think they act as my gut check on almost anything. A random, but actually deeply related thought always pops up to shake things up.

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Angerwing t1_itnz2k0 wrote

Yeah if I think about it I mostly use them as extra context, a side note, clarification, off the record opinion or as a qualifier.

But now that I've said it you won't be able to unsee it. Scroll through the comments at all the people who are saying they have ADHD and see how many do it (my people).

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proxyproxyomega t1_itlij1l wrote

imagine if the only reason it's called a disorder is because the brain functions differently than the 'societal normal'. like, if you grew up in an environment that was designed specifically for adhd and supported your potentials, you could have become those crazy smart people who are also a bit coo-coo (by societal norm standard). but instead, you had to take meds that basically 'averages' your brain so that you can participate in the society.

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thruster_fuel69 t1_itljbgs wrote

I think you can nurture yourself to be that, even far later on. Might need to eat some shrooms a few times, but its possible. I'm going for coo-coo crazy good at the moment.

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ThrowbackPie t1_itnm602 wrote

Isn't that exactly what it is? It's so prevalent that I can't imagine that it's truly an 'illness', as much as an alternative brain development pathway that happens to not be very compatible with a lot of society's requirements today.

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