ADHDThom Hartmann, Michael Popkin
ADHD
by Thom Hartmann, Michael Popkin · first published 2019
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I do educate myself. I read many different viewpoints, including for example parents whose own kids were diagnosed with ADHD and did more research. As one example: https://www.amazon.com/ADHD-Hunter-Farmers-Thom-Hartmann/dp/... First of all, I appreciate your sharing of personal anecdotal experience (I mean that sincerely),…
on “Ejaculation Frequency and Prostate Cancer” ↗…faction, especially one who is prejudiced against or antagonistic towards a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular group. I do not recall being antagonistic towards people with ADHD. On the contrary, the resources I have linked to (such as the book https://www.amazon.es/ADHD-Hunter-Farmers-Thom-Hartmann/dp/1...) are by people whose kids have ADHD and they opted to embrace them and…
on “Ejaculation Frequency and Prostate Cancer” ↗While I don't have a child diagnosed with ADHD myself, I would definitely start by reading Thom Hartmann's books about the subject: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thom_Hartmann#Attention_defici... Next I would probably seek to address any vitamin…
on “Ask HN: Handling a child diagnosed with ADHD?” ↗…presenting, especially for children. If they were, then people wouldn’t feel so much pressure to conform to a specific stereotype. Instead when it comes to kids they are often told how they should behave — eg ADHD is another thing that’s overdiagnosed and medicated — including with amphetamines. Notable progressive Thom Hartmann even wrote a book about this ADHD medication industry, with his theory of “hunters…
on “I Met Paul Graham Once” ↗Was diagnosed as a child. I take no medication. Instead I adopted the role of “hunter” (as opposed to “farmer”), as described by Thom Hartmann in his ADHD books. Which means I don’t sign up for “farmer”-like tasks and delegate them instead. My fundamental tool for staying on track with the work I do sign up with, pen and paper. It started with pencil and…
on “Ask HN: Discuss ADHD and your use of medication” ↗