A meta-analysis has found that white and pink noise can slightly improve task performance in children and young adults with ADHD, offering a potential complementary treatment option.

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  • burt@programming.devEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I prefer brown noise, it feels less harsh to me.

    Edit: should have read the article before commenting, the author includes brown noise.

  • Thrillhouse@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I wish they would stop this:

    ADHD is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders affecting children and young adults, with about 10% of young people between the ages of 3 and 17 diagnosed with the condition.

    What about women and inattentives who are usually diagnosed way into adulthood???

    This makes it sound curable, temporary or like it only impacts young people.

    • NegativeInf@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Diagnosed at 29. I swear if anyone had paid any attention to me I wouldn’t have gotten this far with masking.

      • Thrillhouse@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        I read my (dementia/alzheimers) mother’s journals and they were full of “she’s just so angry” and “I don’t understand why her room is so messy” and “She’s lazy and won’t help with the family business, but I would have been happy to as a teenager.”

        I’m like damn mom you were never given language to actually understand me.

        Even my sister to this day goes: “Well now that you know you have it you can just come up with strategies to overcome it.” 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

        • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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          3 months ago

          I mean your sister is partly right, you won’t completely forget it’s there but especially nowadays we have lots of things that can help make life easier, and that’s true for a ton of difficulties people have regardless of diagnoses.

          The general practice of minimalism makes things soooo much more manageable for me, it reduces the amount of things i have to think about and the amount of distractions around me. It doesn’t magically cure me of inattention, but it takes it from being fairly overhwelming to being merely frustrating.

    • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.socialEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I’ve had chronic intermittent tinnitus my whole life, can’t really say it helps me concentrate when it’s flaring up.

      Edit: I went looking for samples of pink and brown noise, and the brown sample I found claims to help relieve tinnitus. Since my flare-ups are sometimes accompanied by headaches or vertigo, I’ll check it out and see if it helps me at all.