Cross-posted from Health

  • @[email protected]
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    621 month ago

    There was, however, no clear increase in the risk of dementia associated with adult ADHD among those who received psychostimulant medication, and evidence of reverse causation was mild.

    Actual journal here

    • @[email protected]
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      171 month ago

      Thanks, that’s what I was going to find. Shame none of us concentrate past the first two replies, but hey.

      • @kerrigan778
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        221 month ago

        I mean, we do have ADHD, how long do you expect us to be able to concentrate

    • @SwearingRobin
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      31 month ago

      I read the abstract and I can’t understand if medicated ADHD adults don’t show the increase the unmedicated ones did or if the medication did not make a difference (increase or decrease) compared with unmedicated adults.

      So are medicated ADHDers statistically similar to unmedicated ADHDers or non ADHDers?

  • @Baphomet_The_Blasphemer
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    281 month ago

    Yay, something else to look forward to besides joint replacement surgeries and more arthritis.

      • @Plopp
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        101 month ago

        Yeah, we tend to smoke more of them.

        • Angry_Autist (he/him)
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          31 month ago

          3+ decades of dozens of prescriptions, none gave me a moment’s peace.

          On the other hand, my little vape has saved the day more times than I can count.

      • @Baphomet_The_Blasphemer
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        61 month ago

        Not that I know of… however, I’m a disabled veteran. Jumping out of planes definitely affects joints.

      • @[email protected]
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        21 month ago

        It’s pretty closely connected to EDS/Hypermobility. For many this will be mild though and go unnoticed.

        POTS, MCAS (gi issues, allergies) in the ‘chronic triad’

  • @xpinchx
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    181 month ago

    Well fuck. I’d have been okay not knowing this.

  • @[email protected]
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    181 month ago

    OP can you add “unmedicated ADHD” to the title to be a bit more (but still not totally) accurate

  • @[email protected]
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    141 month ago

    Not surprised. My memory is already non existent. Lol. Maybe it’s the weed. Maybe it’s the adhd. Who knows.

    • Angry_Autist (he/him)
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      11 month ago

      Weed actually ended up improving my memory when I started if only by having tons of practice FINDING THE FUCKDAMN LIGHTER!

    • Angry_Autist (he/him)
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      11 month ago

      That’s the beauty of dementia, one of the symptoms is that you usually don’t realize you’re experiencing it.

  • @gorgori
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    1 month ago

    My grandma passed away from dementia a couple of years back. My mom has symptoms of ADHD. I am diagnosed with ADHD. The only person in the family to get diagnosed and actively treating with meds and stuff.

    I wonder if knowledge and meds can stave of dementia.

    • @Coreidan
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      121 month ago

      Every week there is an article linking dementia to this and that. I really can’t keep up with it anymore. At this point everything causes dementia.

      I wouldn’t stress out of it. You might learn that stress is what causes dementia.

  • @[email protected]
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    61 month ago

    Tbh ya all don’t need to panic like that. While the finding appears to be sound what it does not tell is what happens in the cohort in 5/10/15 years. It is possible that an adult diagnosis of ADHD may only lead to an earlier onset and that the rest of the cohort will develop it in the same ratio. Until the cohort is not all through it doesn’t really say anything.

    Besides they appear to have excluded anyone who was already diagnosed with ADHD to begin with and only assessed people who were diagnosed as adult.

  • Gormadt
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    1 month ago

    Fuckin super.

    Bundle that with my history of head trauma and I’m basically guaranteed to get it at this point.

    yay.

    • @lath
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      161 month ago

      Good news then. A history of head trauma means you’re more likely to die early of a stroke from a random blood clot than to live long enough and experience dementia.

      • Gormadt
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        31 month ago

        woo…

        Well might as well live a healthy active lifestyle from this point on hoping for the beat outcome

        Gotta stack that deck in my favor Though basically everything before 25 could probably be best described as a path of self destruction, the future still isn’t written. I’ve been on the up and up for 6 years now.

        • @lath
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          21 month ago

          It can be done and I believe you can do it.

          Good luck!

      • Gormadt
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        11 month ago

        At this point it probably wouldn’t change much lol

  • Biezelbob
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    31 month ago

    Nice like I dont forget enough things ready. I am going to be so much fun when the dementia hits

  • @Raptor_007
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    31 month ago

    Well that’s just fucking great.