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Adults with ADHD live shorter lives than those without a diagnosis, a new study finds (www.npr.org)

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Wiznitzer says the new findings underscore the importance of treating ADHD in adults as well as children – not just with medications but also with behavioral therapy that teaches strategies to manage executive function problems that are a hallmark of the condition.

Edit: sorry not a meme but I think it is important to remember to take care of yourself and basics. Water 💧 Exercise 🏃 Food 🥘

Medication 💊 help but it is not the solution for behavioral change.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 week ago (3 children)

This made me think of

In med school, I took an elective called "Stress", foolishly thinking I was going to learn about meditation and yoga. Instead the professor spent 6 weeks proving that being poor or a minority literally destroys your health on a molecular level, and I think about that every day.

Also, fuck trying to inflict ABA sort of bullshit on ADHD'rs as well as autists, it's ableist from the core and is all about making us "productive members" of ableist capitalist society, rather than happy well cared for individuals, and is a huge contributor to stress and feelings of inadequacy and of being burden.

Sure, coping strategies are good and important, but they should solely be to benefit the patient, not make the patient more beneficial (and acceptable) to others.

The more inclusive and accessible society is, the less stress marginalised people are exposed to for being "other".

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Love your comment.

"We have to teach people with ADHD- who simply can't build habits the same way neurotypicals do- we have to teach them healthy habits!"

Eugh!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Yes, exactly, thanks for summing it up so concisely!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

My molecules are all fucked up from being poor

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How does living a longer life through better exercise and diet not "benefit the patient"?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Where did I even mention exercise and diet?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Both the article and the OP mention it.

I understand your general point about ableism, I just don't see how that applies to this article. I don't read anything about "making the patient more beneficial to others".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

We live in a society