Hacker News with Generative AI: ADHD

ADHD Brains Can Defeat Impulsivity (claimingattention.substack.com)
I like myself. I wouldn’t trade my ADHD traits for anything—except one. Impulsivity.

ADHD, Neurology, Mental Health

6 points by asoli 13 days ago | 0 comments

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.

Tools, Productivity, ADHD, Learning

127 points by todsacerdoti 19 days ago | 21 comments

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.

ADHD, Mental Health, Parenting, Personal Growth

160 points by asoli 19 days ago | 178 comments

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.

Autism, ADHD, Health, Science, Children

5 points by amichail 26 days ago | 0 comments

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.

Health, ADHD, Research, UK, Cohort Study

61 points by bookofjoe 27 days ago | 114 comments

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.

Health, ADHD, Research, Lifespan

7 points by hackernj 28 days ago | 3 comments

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.

ADHD, Career Advice, Personal Development, Self-Improvement

46 points by poorinterview 72 days ago | 26 comments

Show HN: Hyperaide – Personal Assistant for Getting Things Done (hyperaide.com)
The AI powered producticity app that's built for ADHD minds.

Productivity Apps, AI, ADHD, Personal Assistant, Show HN

10 points by iJohnPaul 85 days ago | 10 comments

My Red Hot ADHD Programming 'Affliction' (schneems.com)
Sorry, Dave, ADHD is real, and (not acknowledging it) can hurt you.

ADHD, Programming, Mental Health

13 points by caleb_thompson 90 days ago | 2 comments

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.

ADHD, Productivity, Self-Improvement, Personal Experience

15 points by hxii 104 days ago | 6 comments

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.

Entrepreneurship, ADHD, Career Choices, Work-Life Balance

15 points by romeros 108 days ago | 16 comments

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.

ADHD, Mental Health, Diagnosis

23 points by bookofjoe 111 days ago | 8 comments

Show HN: Shimmer – ADHD-adapted body doubling (tella.tv)

ADHD, Productivity, Accessibility, Body Doubling

116 points by christalwang 112 days ago | 108 comments

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).

Gaming, Health, ADHD, FDA, Digital Therapeutics

41 points by luu 113 days ago | 19 comments

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, Stress, Psychology, Health, Research

39 points by grugagag 116 days ago | 42 comments

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.

ADHD, Professional Development, Time Management, Productivity

132 points by vaishnav92 117 days ago | 131 comments

'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.

ADHD, Mental Health, Diagnosis, Adults

8 points by ColinWright 122 days ago | 5 comments

25% of Adults Suspect Undiagnosed ADHD (neurosciencenews.com)

ADHD, Mental Health, Health, Psychology, Research

15 points by m463 129 days ago | 43 comments

CDC stats reveals startling number of people with ADHD in US (msn.com)

Health, Statistics, ADHD, United States

3 points by Eumenes 132 days ago | 0 comments

ADHD headband treats symptoms in 20 minutes per day (newatlas.com)
An innovative start-up is out to change how attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is managed, bypassing the traditional route of medication to instead use non-invasive light electrical brain stimulation delivered by a headband worn for just 20 minutes a day.

ADHD, Neuroscience, Medical Technology, Health

44 points by ludovicianul 154 days ago | 93 comments

Ask HN: Former gifted children with hard lives, how did you turn out? (ycombinator.com)
For various life reasons, I developed depression, and I am autistic and have ADHD (diagnosed, treated). I didn’t get treatment for my ADHD till after college.

Life Experiences, Mental Health, Autism, ADHD, Gifted Children

375 points by askHN2024 159 days ago | 326 comments

The Complex Relationship Between ADHD, Autism, and Personality Disorders (traudhd.com)

ADHD, Autism, Mental Health, Personality Disorders

78 points by rendx 190 days ago | 59 comments

Doctor-prescribed videogame for ADHD (endeavorrx.com)

ADHD, Gaming, Healthcare, Mental Health

136 points by wdh505 214 days ago | 234 comments

'A diagnosis can sweep away guilt': the delicate art of treating ADHD (theguardian.com)

ADHD, Mental Health, Diagnosis, Treatment, Psychology

15 points by Erikun 219 days ago | 0 comments

ADHD traits were an advantage in evolution (washingtonpost.com)