Studio: un farmaco su cinque, i consumatori di alcol hanno sintomi ADHD
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0227/1499245-adhd/
di gig1922
Studio: un farmaco su cinque, i consumatori di alcol hanno sintomi ADHD
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0227/1499245-adhd/
di gig1922
22 commenti
If we start criminalising ADHD symptoms we may be able to have a big impact on drug usage rates
That makes sense.
Mind racing is a common symptom of ADHD. Alcohol and weed eases that.
No problem, we are on track to diagnose everyone with adhd anyway.
I don’t have adhd but I do have most of the symptoms of adhd.
Self medicating is so common the cause of addiction. For so many reasons.
Compulsive behaviour and behaviours that ‘numb’ are really common symptoms. You have no breathing space between your thoughts and look for any quick fix to shut them up.
Binge Eating Disorder is also really common with ADHD. I got diagnosed with both in 2020. Treatment for the ED lead to the ADHD diagnosis
Shocking (not).
This isn’t news.
Substance abuse is a well-known association with ADHD.
Quick search:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/adult-adhd/symptoms-causes/syc-20350878
Vast majority of drug and alcohol users do not have ADHD symptoms
Damn everything I’m reading recently is about ADHD. Making me think I might have it myself.
Im here scrolling instead of working. Should I go on the session?
I’m currently in treatment for alcoholism (failing more than winning. This shit sucks so much) and I’ve found it so interesting that a good 90% of addicts I’ve met have mentioned or brought up being ADHD. It’s so common.
I drink and use to self medicate depression and anxiety and I don’t identify as ADHD myself as I’m much more of a downer rather than excitable but it’s been an eye opener
I’d say one in five people have ADHD symptoms to be fair.
As someone with ADHD. I can get addicted…. To anything…. So easily ..
Anything I can hyper focus on. Gambling, shopping , booze , drugs (legal or illegal) video games, guitars ect ect. Anything to peaks my interest
Gotta be careful…
Is this really news? We already know a large amount of the population meet the criteria for adhd and that untreated adhd is very heavily correlated with substance abuse
Use of the word “symptoms” there is weasely. It is intended that one draw the unsupported conclusion that these people therefore have ADHD.
Shocked by this information /s
I believe ADHD is being massively overdiagnosed, in order to mass-rollout stimulants.
It’s the next version of what the opiod crisis was – and is already a growing problem in the US.
The most common abuse of these drugs is for performance enhancing at work etc. (which is incredibly damaging) – so the reasons for propagandising/over-promoting it, go beyond the pharmaceutical industry as well.
Be cynical as fuck every time you read anything about ADHD stats. The industry behind this has well established form.
I thought I might have ADHD so I did one of those online ADHD tests but I gave up half way through because it was boring and stupid
Couple that with Ireland being decades behind in the diagnosis and treatment of cognitive disorders and BINGO you get a shitshow.
How many of us up until the 2010s went through education without ever being tested?
“Oh him/her? Sure, they’re just a character!” – Teacher
And yet the Irish health service refused to treat my ADHD until I stopped smoking weed, which is the only thing I’ve found over 3 decades that actually helps.
This is not surprising. When I got diagnosed, I read a book about ADHD which I can’t recall the name of (lol) and while this was one of the statistics, I remember reading that people with ADHD are twice as likely to die by accident than general population, six times more likely to die by suicide and also something like 25% of the US prison system has ADHD. Its not a fun quirky eccentricity but a life affecting disability 🥲