▲ 409 ▼ Sleep is for the weak (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 18 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children) How does adderall help with autism? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 years ago pro tip: if you have to consume lovecraftian amounts of caffeine and you have autism, that's the next best thing to an ADHD diagnosis. frankly it boggles me that step 1 for an adhd diagnosis isn't just giving people 200mg of caffeine pills and seeing if they start vibrating or promptly forget they ever took the pills. permalink fedilink source parent [–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* ... how does it not? It produces mild-large effects for ASD, let alone ADHD which has a 59% chance of being comorbid with ASD. https://www.acamh.org/research-digest/how-effective-is-medication-for-adhd-symptoms-in-children-with-asd/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6559223/ permalink fedilink source parent [+] cryptosporidium140@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 years ago pro tip: if you have to consume lovecraftian amounts of caffeine and you have autism, that's the next best thing to an ADHD diagnosis. frankly it boggles me that step 1 for an adhd diagnosis isn't just giving people 200mg of caffeine pills and seeing if they start vibrating or promptly forget they ever took the pills. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* ... how does it not? It produces mild-large effects for ASD, let alone ADHD which has a 59% chance of being comorbid with ASD. https://www.acamh.org/research-digest/how-effective-is-medication-for-adhd-symptoms-in-children-with-asd/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6559223/ permalink fedilink source parent
