Well just to update, I have adopted pattern of using the modafinil microdose 4 days a week or so. I find that any more and my body can't keep up with making neurotransmitters and I get low days. Individual results vary. Despite being a big man, I am highly sensitive to sleeping tablets etc. With some drugs, the dose by weight approach does not apply. Overall I feel at much more youthful energy levels. I was speaking to my first cousin, same age, who is a Nob Hill type SF CEO and he agrees that it's quite standard practice. There are fads but the use of ADHD drugs is just standard with the older exec guys. I can't say I have had any creative epiphany however I think I made several big decisions faster (or less cautiously) the past two weeks.
Actually it's fine. They say it takes around 20 days for neuroplasticity to show noticeable results in behaviour. Today I demolished some accounts work surprisingly quickly, without procrastination and solved a little engineering problem but in a very clever and out of the blue way. Have to be patient but it's a promising sign.
Well yes and no as I do mention Trump is riddled with ADHD a lot. He does not release medical records more because of this I'm quite confident.
60-70 percent of CEOs in America off to camps.. Tempting. It sounds better than for ‘reparenting’ which is so very ominous.
Interesting... Surprising 16-year-long ADHD study reveals opposite of what researchers expected The findings shed new light on how we might one day understand and manage ADHD. https://www.upworthy.com/adhd-study-surprises-researchers Our understanding of ADHD has come a long way in just a few short years. It wasn't even formally recognized as a medical condition until the 1960s! By the time the 90s rolled around, diagnoses and stimulant prescriptions were extremely prevalent. Today, diagnoses and treatment are a lot more thoughtful and individualized, and there are more options for treatment and therapy. But we still have more to learn. A new long-term study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry has proven to be an excellent next step in getting a better understanding of the disorder. 483 participants who were diagnosed with ADHD in childhood were assessed for a period of 16 years. The study's authors wanted to get a sense of how ADHD symptoms might change over time. What the researchers found surprised them. In most participants, symptoms of ADHD fluctuated greatly over the years. What surprised them even more were the environmental factors that seemed to play a role in those fluctuations. Researchers expected that greater life demands — like more responsibility at work, a heavier workload at school, major life changes, etc. — would exacerbate ADHD symptoms. What they found was the opposite. It makes sense that a person that struggles with inattention or hyperactivity might have more trouble focusing when they have more "going on," more distractions to pull them in different directions. It was a huge surprise to the researchers that, actually, people's ADHD symptoms seemed to ease up when life got hectic. “We expected the relationship between environmental demands and ADHD symptoms to be the opposite of what we found,” study author, professor, and clinical psychologist Margaret H. Sibley explained. “We hypothesized that when life demands and responsibilities increased, this might exacerbate people’s ADHD, making it more severe. In fact, it was the opposite. The higher the demands and responsibilities one was experiencing, the milder their ADHD.” I have a 4-year-old with ADHD and the findings totally track for me. We find it's actually easier to be in perpetual motion sometimes — out running errands, doing activities, visiting friends and family — versus staying put too long. When we're just relaxing at home, that's when she tends to start bouncing off the walls! (Much more at above url)
I must say I find it odd they find new insight that the whole, more hectic it gets, the better ADHD types perform? My main point with Trump is thay because of this he actually creates mayhem. Like a pyromaniac fireman. The part about it varying through life, this is very true. Recently I have come to the idea that I was always able to regulate it until I developed tinnitus, and some faculty to better choose my focus level went a bit to shit.
Just to update this dual topic thread. Less is more, I had found that a microdose of Modafinil every three days is sufficient. It's has raised my metabolism to about the same when I was a smoker and there are systemic benefits with this. The Zimaquin, clomifene citrate, is a bit of a fountain of youth. Two weeks to a blood test but I'm very confident my T levels are in 30-40 levels.