ChrisFoster

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Exactly my thought too. The offset is just the zero frequency. But in general, the need to do this for the zero frequency would suggest that there's a scaling problem for all the longer frequency Fourier components? And that, perhaps, the effective spatial Fourier spectrum of noise which is used in Sd is not optimal?

ChrisFoster

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I'm not sure we're disagreeing here? As I understand it, some people have a certain kind of distractable brain and there's an underlying brain chemistry implicated here which isn't something you develop in adulthood.

However, having this brain chemistry doesn't necessarily mean a person suffers impairments in daily life: impairments are highly situational.

I suppose - to the extent that the DSM-5 requires a fair level of impariment for someone to be diagnosed with ADHD - that it's technically correct to say people can develop this in adulthood: there it passes from a syndrome to an disorder. (Personally I feel it's kind of absurd not to have a name for the syndrome if it occurs in the absence of impariment due to life circumstances! Perhaps this will be "fixed" one day as psychology slowly becomes more quantitative.)

Thanks for the book suggestion!

ChrisFoster

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ADHD is a developmental condition which is highly genetic and relates to neurotransmitter brain chemistry (Dopamine / Norepinephrine). People with ADHD have it their whole life, it's not something you can develop in adulthood. However, people can be (commonly are) diagnosed in adulthood, especially for the inattentive subtype which has less outward symptoms.

What can change or develop over time is the life circumstances that a person with ADHD finds themselves in. Circumstance can make the difference between ADHD being a disorder with significant impairments vs a joyful and creative existence.

Situations which demand executive function, like putting down that mobile phone or closing youtube in favor of doing something more productive are much harder for people with ADHD. The market built by the tech industry to transact human attention for profit certainly hasn't helped here.

Here's a good brief overview of ADHD: https://www.adhdbitesize.com/post/understand-what-adhd-is-re...

Or a bite-size youtube version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMWtGozn5jU

An online ADHD test which is relatable and seems fairly accurate: https://totallyadd.com/do-i-have-add/

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