I think the problem here is humans being (more easily) corruptible and capable of evil when lots of power and money are involved. I don't think oil specifically has something to do with it.
Although I agree with hoping we move on from depending on SA resources.
(And I say this as a devout Muslim)
> The (largely mental) hyperactivity is controllable, that is, I retain my creative ideas generation and interest in new things, but I am no longer governed by it, and
As a person who is in their 1st week of medication, that is a HUGE relief. Thank you.
I have a lot more to comment here but have a quiz (engineering undergrad) to do rn..lol. But I gotta say your description of you experience is the most comprehensive thing I was ever able to relate to. I found a lot of people on r/ADHD articulating individual feelings/experiences that I felt but was not able to talk about, but yours just covered a lot more base with me personally.
> anything from CSS to soldering and unable to sleep for the rush of ideas.
That hit hard XD.
> would be better titled "Attention Difference Disorder"
Yes, a lot of people are don't like that it was named mostly based on the symptoms most annoying to the people around the person ADHD with. Many people suggest something along the lines of "Executive Function Dysregulation" to remove the "hyper" part that many people don't suffer from and include emotional-dysregulation in the symptoms.
Although I agree with hoping we move on from depending on SA resources. (And I say this as a devout Muslim)