• Samsy@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    ADHD meds? What are they doing? Lowering the ADHD? Well shit, if I take meds that lowers my “drive” I would get fat, too.

    I don’t want to start a discussion about ADHD but maybe it is to decide what could kill you more. They say even Mozart had theoretically ADHD, but they don’t gave him meds, they gave him a Piano.

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      2 months ago

      ADHD causes executive dysfunction. You don’t get to choose what you’re doing.

      If that sounds crazy, that’s because it is. That’s why it’s a neurological disorder.

      ADHD meds give you more executive function. You get to choose what you do.

      Maybe Mozart would’ve been happier if he hyper fixated on harpsichord less and showered more. If he was ADHD, he didn’t get to make that choice.

      But regardless, Mozart wouldn’t survive today’s society with a harpsichord fixation. At best he’d be in a mediocre band. At worst he’d be homeless. If you aren’t comfortable with that concept, then maybe we need to fix society.