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.

ETA: I took a while but I found it.

https://psyche.co/ideas/in-an-era-of-split-attention-there-is-more-than-one-type-of-adhd

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/genes-and-screens-attentiondeficit-hyperactivity-disorder-in-the-digital-age/D692E6A269DD6FCB2CF965814270EEB9

[–] tlmcleod@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

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

[–] rozlav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I would be super grateful to read article about 3 types you mention at the end of your comment

[–] tlmcleod@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago

Here's one that looks pretty thorough in covering it. I only quickly skimmed through it though.