Isn't the diagnostic criteria of calling ADHD a disability or even a diagnosable condition only really relevant under capitalism? Under FALGSC, you might have the same behavioral tendencies, but it wouldn't really qualify as a "disability" because ability to sit in a cubicle for 9 hours a day without losing focus would no longer be the dividing line between "divergent" and "normal".
e: My take on this was poorly worded at best. I'm sorry, comrades. I don't want to suggest that FALGSC can at all remedy ADHD or any other neurodivergence or disability. The point I was hoping to get across is that many, possibly a majority of ADHD cases are diagnosed in the context of work or school performance, but ADHD insofar as it affects the lives of anyone living with it will not go away with FALGSC or any other social order. I'd also love to know if this take is at all problematic as well.
Absolutely. I don't want to dismiss the lived experience of anybody with any level of symptoms of ADHD. I do think that some of the lower support needs cases we currently label as clinical would certainly not warrant the same treatment without the need for most citizens to output unnatural quantities of rote labor, but I also don't want to suggest that ADHD treatment can be made obsolete by FALGSC.
People with ADHD are not just productivity chasers forced by capitalism to use medication to be on par with neurotypicals. (even though capitalism exasperates our struggles greatly)
Our problems go a lot further than work. In fact, regular life shit is often the hardest stuff to manage.
I don't need the meds to sit in a cubicle all day. I spent most of my life learning how to do that without the help of meds. it's that I can't do anything else. it doesn't matter if it's a 2 minute task or a 30 minute task. I either have to devote the whole day to it or I can't get my brain to switch and work on it at all. that's what the meds do for me - they make it easier for me to switch between tasks without the herculean effort it used to take me. so no, I don't think the end of capitalism will mean I get to stop medicating. the damage capitalism caused me has left a permanent effect on my mind and body.
no joke, I sleep more consistently when I'm on stimulants just because they help me stay in bed long enough to actually fall asleep. when I'm off the meds I just get up and start doing something else without even realizing I've made that decision. x10 every night.
I hear this a lot. One of my struggles is that I switch tasks repeatedly because nothing holds my focus for more than a few minutes so I end up with a bunch of stuff half finished.
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I’d still have ADHD even if we achieved FALGSC.
Isn't the diagnostic criteria of calling ADHD a disability or even a diagnosable condition only really relevant under capitalism? Under FALGSC, you might have the same behavioral tendencies, but it wouldn't really qualify as a "disability" because ability to sit in a cubicle for 9 hours a day without losing focus would no longer be the dividing line between "divergent" and "normal".
e: My take on this was poorly worded at best. I'm sorry, comrades. I don't want to suggest that FALGSC can at all remedy ADHD or any other neurodivergence or disability. The point I was hoping to get across is that many, possibly a majority of ADHD cases are diagnosed in the context of work or school performance, but ADHD insofar as it affects the lives of anyone living with it will not go away with FALGSC or any other social order. I'd also love to know if this take is at all problematic as well.
Thanks for your patience friends :rat-salute-2:
One of the symptoms of ADHD is not being able to focus on the speech of someone talking directly to you.
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Absolutely. I don't want to dismiss the lived experience of anybody with any level of symptoms of ADHD. I do think that some of the lower support needs cases we currently label as clinical would certainly not warrant the same treatment without the need for most citizens to output unnatural quantities of rote labor, but I also don't want to suggest that ADHD treatment can be made obsolete by FALGSC.
ADHD affects way more than just work. It affects hygiene, personal relationships, etc.
I've just accepted that I might be explaining this shit to people for the rest of my life, family members included
:yea: same
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Thank you!
People with ADHD are not just productivity chasers forced by capitalism to use medication to be on par with neurotypicals. (even though capitalism exasperates our struggles greatly)
Our problems go a lot further than work. In fact, regular life shit is often the hardest stuff to manage.
I don't need the meds to sit in a cubicle all day. I spent most of my life learning how to do that without the help of meds. it's that I can't do anything else. it doesn't matter if it's a 2 minute task or a 30 minute task. I either have to devote the whole day to it or I can't get my brain to switch and work on it at all. that's what the meds do for me - they make it easier for me to switch between tasks without the herculean effort it used to take me. so no, I don't think the end of capitalism will mean I get to stop medicating. the damage capitalism caused me has left a permanent effect on my mind and body.
no joke, I sleep more consistently when I'm on stimulants just because they help me stay in bed long enough to actually fall asleep. when I'm off the meds I just get up and start doing something else without even realizing I've made that decision. x10 every night.
I hear this a lot. One of my struggles is that I switch tasks repeatedly because nothing holds my focus for more than a few minutes so I end up with a bunch of stuff half finished.