Archive - ADHD and Company

Law of conservation of focus

Or why I stopped taking Methylphenidate

Oct 4, 2024 •

September 2024

Knowing yourself

Knowing yourself too much can sometimes mean you pay too much attention to low-probability low-impact events, which can result in overall poor…

Sep 26, 2024 •

May 2024

Why ADHD makes jobs hard

Learning patterns associated with ADHD makes you "spiky" - you are really good at some things and really bad at everything else. And most jobs require a…

May 31, 2024 •

Demand for distraction is highly inelastic, for me

A couple of months back I had written about the economics of distraction. Recent observations suggest I'd massively overestimated the elasticity of…

May 15, 2024 •

Burst a vein, and die

Sometimes doing many things at a time can be exhausting. Like Vikram Seth puts it, you (metaphorically) "burst a vein and die", and find it hard to…

May 9, 2024 •

April 2024

Is Adderall being overprescribed?

Adderall, the primary drug used to treat ADHD in the US, made an appearance on Bloomberg's Odd Lots podcast. A few pertinent observations based on that.

Apr 19, 2024 •

March 2024

December 2023

November 2023

Is it ADHD after all?

I'm starting to have doubts that ADHD is the only long term mental health issue I have

Nov 6, 2023 •

August 2023

I feel anxious when I don’t know where to place my next step, literally and figuratively. And the compounding effect of this means a series of small…

Aug 23, 2023 •

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