Great answer but nurture really denote your whole environment, and chronic stressors or even chronic sleep deprivation can induce to various and durable extents ADHD-like phenotypes.
It impacts many things including epigenetics.
As you greatly say, I especially refer to what we call critical-periods in human development, especially early childhood but the most important underlooked one being human gestation where many modern contaminants can induce ADHD like phenotype.
however, about "breaking out of this current hyper-focus despite knowing consequences"
How do you know if this is a common ADHD diagnosis?
ADHDers, have issue not being distracted is the most popular diagnosis.
hyperfocus is the opposite, it is being hypnotized on a task.
I have no idea about the prevalence and pharmacological differences of the latter.
I am not hyperactive and not that easily distractable but for sure I am completely pathologically symptomatic of hyperfocus that is cognitively pleasant but a near hypnotic state where I loose in all absoluteness, track of time, and priorities.
I would bet this ADHD variant is very rare and might not be pharmacology fixed as well by stimulants.
A mere but concise approximation of my condition would be, in addition to the consciousness/attention deficit of (my surroundings, time and priorities) while doing something, in addition to this, My brain reward me too much, I am stimulated, naturally high while e.g. thinking and searching about a topic.
If so then rewarding my brain even more via dopamine doesn't seems like a fix theoretically?
Yah the epigenetics are interesting, especially with childhood trauma.
But Hyperfocus is commonly discussed on ADHDer forums and medical literature. It’s more common symptom for “inattentive subtype”. Actually there’s one ADHD’er on Instagram who has some hilarious short videos on it.
ADHD is probably better described as not “lack of attention” but “difficulty in choosing where focus goes”. In the medical literature and American medical guidelines (DSM) there are three subtypes of adhd based on symptoms: hyperactive, inattentive, or combined. The labels aren’t quite accirate, but hyperactive is the classic “boys running around out of control” adhd. Inattentive is the “absent minded professor” type.
Sounds like you may be more of the “inattentive subtype” which is what I was officially diagnosed with at a university health center after weeks of testing, a 6 hours IQ exam, and counseling. Less experienced doctors might not know about it.
The trance you describe when hitting that hyperfocus state is probably my “biggest weakness” adhd wise; it’s also my biggest asset when I can guide it onto something useful. But yes I take Concerta largely to help me be able to break out of those states. Though it takes counseling and mental effort to take advantage of it. Lately I’ve been enjoying programming almost to the exclusion of everything else in my life. I’m trying to rebalance myself a bit. I hope you can read up on it and maybe find a counselor with experience too. Medication needs to be combined with therapy to help take full advantage of it, IMHO.
You described how my ADHD presents to the letter, down to the rewarding aspect of what I call being “in flow” or what you said about thinking/searching about a topic. I also have a sleep disorder that my Adderall helps treat in tandem for which I also take armodafinil. I believe these two issues are related but I lack the educational background to dive deeper into it.
Funny enough, I wanted to do chemical engineering and studied pharmacology briefly before I found that my ADHD would be a major hinderance to that major. You sound like an alternate universe version of me.
As you greatly say, I especially refer to what we call critical-periods in human development, especially early childhood but the most important underlooked one being human gestation where many modern contaminants can induce ADHD like phenotype.
however, about "breaking out of this current hyper-focus despite knowing consequences" How do you know if this is a common ADHD diagnosis? ADHDers, have issue not being distracted is the most popular diagnosis. hyperfocus is the opposite, it is being hypnotized on a task. I have no idea about the prevalence and pharmacological differences of the latter. I am not hyperactive and not that easily distractable but for sure I am completely pathologically symptomatic of hyperfocus that is cognitively pleasant but a near hypnotic state where I loose in all absoluteness, track of time, and priorities. I would bet this ADHD variant is very rare and might not be pharmacology fixed as well by stimulants. A mere but concise approximation of my condition would be, in addition to the consciousness/attention deficit of (my surroundings, time and priorities) while doing something, in addition to this, My brain reward me too much, I am stimulated, naturally high while e.g. thinking and searching about a topic. If so then rewarding my brain even more via dopamine doesn't seems like a fix theoretically?