ADHD and Company

June 2025

May 2025

On the NY Times article on ADHD

In April 2025, the New York times produced a long article titled "have we been thinking about ADHD all wrong?". A few pertinent observations about that

May 12, 2025 • Karthik S

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October 2024

Law of conservation of focus

Or why I stopped taking Methylphenidate

Oct 4, 2024 • Karthik S

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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 • Karthik S

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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 • Karthik S

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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 • Karthik S

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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 • Karthik S

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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 • Karthik S

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March 2024

Neurodiversity and Elite Institutions

Outperformance in highly competitive exams is positively correlated with neurodiversity

Mar 18, 2024 • Karthik S

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Demand and supply of distraction

I'm wondering if cutting supplies of distraction actually makes you less distracted, or just leaves you craving for more.

Mar 4, 2024 • Karthik S

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December 2023

Base level of dopamine

The base level of dopamine is stochastic, for me at least. And so the effectiveness of ADHD medication on me can also be stochastic.

Dec 7, 2023 • Karthik S

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