Hacker News with Generative AI: ADHD

Don't fear getting fired if you have ADHD (claimingattention.substack.com)
For people with ADHD, getting fired can happen—and that's okay.
Show HN: PagePal – An eBook reader for ADHD and crap memory (pagepalapp.com)
No more forgetting character names, no more re-reading pages.
Normal Boyhood Is ADHD (world.hey.com)
Nearly a quarter of seventeen-year-old boys in America have an ADHD diagnosis. That's crazy. But worse than the diagnosis is that the majority of them end up on amphetamines, like Adderall or Ritalin.
Have We Been Thinking About A.D.H.D. All Wrong? (nytimes.com)
With diagnoses at a record high, some experts have begun to question our assumptions about the condition — and how to treat it.
Listening habits and effects of background music in people with and without ADHD (frontiersin.org)
Music is omnipresent in our daily lives (Hu et al., 2021; International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, 2023; North et al., 2004), serving diverse functions such as emotion regulation, concentration enhancement, and providing background engagement during other activities (Chamorro-Premuzic and Furnham, 2007; Goltz and Sadakata, 2021; Hu et al., 2021; Kotsopoulou and Hallam, 2010; Mas-Herrero et al., 2013; Schäfer et al., 2013).
Solriamfetol shows a 45% reduction in ADHD symptoms (technologynetworks.com)
For millions of adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), finding an effective treatment can be a challenge – especially for those who don’t respond well to traditional stimulant medications.
The ADHD body double: A unique tool for getting things done (add.org)
Can something as simple as another person’s presence make it easier to stay on task?
ThePrimeagen: Programming, AI, ADHD, Productivity, Addiction, and God (youtube.com)
The Hypercuriosity Theory of ADHD (epsig.substack.com)
Obtaining ADHD drugs via telehealth could increase addiction risk (medicalxpress.com)
For nearly five years, people with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder have had the option of getting their stimulant medications prescribed and renewed by doctors they see only over a computer screen, despite the risks that these stimulant drugs can pose if misused.
The sudden rise of AuDHD: autism and ADHD (2024) (theguardian.com)
Just over a decade ago, autism and ADHD were thought to be mutually exclusive. But in recent years, all that has changed
ADHD Guide to Spaced Repetition (brick.do)
This article assumes you have already tried spaced repetition but either still struggle to do it regularly or gave up on it altogether because it was too boring. If you haven't tried it before, go sign up for Memcode.com right now (or download Anki if you hate yourself), create four flashcards on something you're currently learning, and come back in three months.
ADHD Brains Can Defeat Impulsivity (claimingattention.substack.com)
I like myself. I wouldn’t trade my ADHD traits for anything—except one. Impulsivity.
Tools for 2025 (yosemitesam.ch)
I love new tools. Whenever I learn about a new tool there is that excitement of new that kicks my ADHD and makes me wanna drop everything immediately, just to spend the next 10 minutes to 5 days learning about the tool.
ADHD Didn't Break Me–My Parents Did (claimingattention.substack.com)
This was the most profound realization I had after my diagnosis. It was crucial because, without it, I wouldn't have known how to live with myself.
Increased Toxicity Risk Identified for Children with Autism, ADHD (sciencealert.com)
A study published in 2023 revealed there's a difference in how children with autism or ADHD clear the common plastic additive bisphenol A (BPA), compared to neurotypical children.
Life expectancy/years of life lost in adults w ADHD in UK: matched cohort study (cambridge.org)
Nearly 3% of adults have attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), although in the UK, most are undiagnosed. Adults with ADHD on average experience poorer educational and employment outcomes, worse physical and mental health and are more likely to die prematurely. No studies have yet used mortality data to examine the life expectancy deficit experienced by adults with diagnosed ADHD in the UK or worldwide.
Adults with ADHD live shorter lives than those without a diagnosis (npr.org)
A large new study finds adults diagnosed with ADHD live shorter lives than they should.
Ask HN: How do I rebuild at 36yo after a checkered career of undiagnosed ADHD? (ycombinator.com)
After 36 years of spinning my wheels unfocused, scatterbrained, and anxious, I was finally and recently diagnosed with ADHD.
Show HN: Hyperaide – Personal Assistant for Getting Things Done (hyperaide.com)
The AI powered producticity app that's built for ADHD minds.
My Red Hot ADHD Programming 'Affliction' (schneems.com)
Sorry, Dave, ADHD is real, and (not acknowledging it) can hurt you.
ADHD Productivity Report 2024 – Personal (futile) journey of (no) improvement (0xff.nu)
After realizing and being able to label the issues I was personally experiencing as ADHD, I finally knew which information and resources to seek out, which have allowed me to make quite a few adjustments to how I operate and organize myself and my day-to-day.
Ask HN: ADHD and Entrepreneurship (ycombinator.com)
Working for others just hasn’t worked out for me. Over the past decade, I’ve tried to ignore my urge to market my side projects and build a business around them, choosing instead to focus on what seemed like the "right" path—a steady 9-to-5 job.
ADHD should not be treated as a disorder (economist.com)
NOT LONG ago, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was thought to affect only school-aged boys—the naughty ones who could not sit still in class and were always getting into trouble. Today the number of ADHD diagnoses is rising fast in all age groups, with some of the biggest increases in young and middle-aged women.
Show HN: Shimmer – ADHD-adapted body doubling (tella.tv)
FDA Permits Marketing of Digital Game to Improve Attention in ADHD Children (2020) (fda.gov)
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) permitted marketing of the first game-based digital therapeutic device to improve attention function in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Some people with ADHD thrive in periods of stress, new study shows (theguardian.com)
A recent study has revealed that some people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) cope best during periods of high stress.
ADHD and managing your professional reputation (optimaloutliers.com)
Paul Graham's essay titled "Good and Bad Procrastination" argues that procrastination can be virtuous when it means putting off small tasks to work on more important ones.
'As if someone tuned the radio': Why are more adults being diagnosed with ADHD? (news.sky.com)
Everything changed for Kathleen Helm when, aged 30, they were finally diagnosed.
25% of Adults Suspect Undiagnosed ADHD (neurosciencenews.com)