I read an interesting, recent article in which the authors postulate the existence of types 1 and 2 ADHD, like with diabetes. Type 1 you’re born with; type 2 you can acquire from exposure to television and TikTok. This makes a lot of sense to me; my symptoms were borderline as a child (AuADHD) but now as an adult, having spent a decade scrolling twitter in my spare time (I dropped off in 2017ish) I’ve trained my inattentiveness to a whole new level.
It’s well documented that as individuals age the hyperactivity and impulsiveness wanes somewhat, though the amount varies from person to person. I could definitely see things like TikTok exacerbating symptoms though. I dunno that I would call technology imposed behavioral changes ADHD, especially since ADHD is a shit name anyway. Maybe calling it something like self-inflicted ADHD rather than type 1 and type 2 lol
Besides, we already have 3 ‘types’ to begin with: hyperactive, inattentive, and combined type.
Would you happen to have a link to that article? I’d love to check it out
I read an interesting, recent article in which the authors postulate the existence of types 1 and 2 ADHD, like with diabetes. Type 1 you’re born with; type 2 you can acquire from exposure to television and TikTok. This makes a lot of sense to me; my symptoms were borderline as a child (AuADHD) but now as an adult, having spent a decade scrolling twitter in my spare time (I dropped off in 2017ish) I’ve trained my inattentiveness to a whole new level.
It’s well documented that as individuals age the hyperactivity and impulsiveness wanes somewhat, though the amount varies from person to person. I could definitely see things like TikTok exacerbating symptoms though. I dunno that I would call technology imposed behavioral changes ADHD, especially since ADHD is a shit name anyway. Maybe calling it something like self-inflicted ADHD rather than type 1 and type 2 lol
Besides, we already have 3 ‘types’ to begin with: hyperactive, inattentive, and combined type.
Would you happen to have a link to that article? I’d love to check it out
I would be super grateful to read article about 3 types you mention at the end of your comment
Don’t tell my boss how much time I spent on this. The three types really messes up the search results.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/genes-and-screens-attentiondeficit-hyperactivity-disorder-in-the-digital-age/D692E6A269DD6FCB2CF965814270EEB9