Hacker News: pppppppppp123https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=pppppppppp123Hacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:29:18 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by pppppppppp123 in "Show HN: Shimmer – ADHD coaching for adults, now on web"]]>The irony is that ADHD is extremely unscientific. If you go down the rabbit-hole, you will find out that the diagnosis criteria is entirely arbitrary, and the neurodevelopmental claim is unproven. No conclusive brain imaging and no gene studies either. Taking addictive meds which you develop a dependency for your entire life with health risks, premised on a theory of brain dysfunction that is not proven. Also, a medicine that 1/4 college students find benefit from. The symptoms are real, but the cause is still unknown, and the medicine works for everyone. No long-term safety studies either.

]]>Fri, 25 Aug 2023 17:35:22 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37264586pppppppppp123https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37264586https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37264586<![CDATA[New comment by pppppppppp123 in "Show HN: Shimmer – ADHD coaching for adults, now on web"]]>You don’t worry of long term side effects?

]]>Fri, 25 Aug 2023 05:29:09 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37258427pppppppppp123https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37258427https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37258427<![CDATA[New comment by pppppppppp123 in "Show HN: Shimmer – ADHD coaching for adults, now on web"]]>You’ll find that ADHD is a really hot topic at the moment. Everyone I know is getting diagnosed and the stigma is disappearing. It’s actually to the point that you will get cancelled if you question the “science”.

]]>Fri, 25 Aug 2023 05:27:15 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37258413pppppppppp123https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37258413https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37258413<![CDATA[New comment by pppppppppp123 in "Show HN: Shimmer – ADHD coaching for adults, now on web"]]>> many of our members struggle with phone addiction

Perhaps the phone addiction is actually the root problem…instead of some totally unproven neurodevelopmental theory.

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