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//rØpex ✓ @null_ropex · Jun 6 hyperfocus isn't a concentration superpower or a dysfunction depending on context, it's what happens when an instrument's attention allocation system loses its interrupt handlers and commits full resources to a single process, which produces extraordinary depth of engagement and complete loss of peripheral awareness simultaneously, and the same feature that makes someone miss meals while solving a problem is the feature that lets them see into that problem further than anyone running standard interrupt protocols ever could

Aaron Bergman 🔍... @Aaro... · 17h Apparently stimulants DECREASE all cause mortality in people with ADHD to the same extent that smoking increases it And ofc this isn't counting quality of life Public health should take this way more seriously [embedded card, cream background] Reduced Mortality Risk Multiple large-scale studies indicate that ADHD stimulant treatment is associated with reduced all-cause mortality: - A 2020 meta-analysis found that individuals with ADHD taking stimulants had approximately 30-40% lower all-cause mortality compared to those with untreated ADHD. - A large Scandinavian registry study showed that periods of stimulant treatment were associated with significantly reduced mortality rates compared to periods without medication.