How can I downvote you multiple times?

Are kids people getting ADHD because they didn’t sleep well? Or is poor sleep hygiene an early indicator of ADHD?

The research shows that poor sleep hygiene can be a trigger for ADHD related symptoms. Poor sleep hygiene is not the same as “didn’t sleep well”. Poor sleep hygiene is not going to bed at an appropriate time, going to bed at wildly different times each night, blue light exposure within 2 hours of bedtime, etc.

The ages of 0 - 4 years are the most crucial for brain development. It’s why newborns sleep several times a day. The brain hasn’t finished forming by the time they are born. Even at the age of 3, kids are still napping mid-day. And those naps are extremely critical for healthy brain development.

So without good sleep hygiene, it can stunt brain development in a way that results in ADHD, or ADHD like symptoms.

Lots of people with ADHD have poor sleep hygiene, even as adults. Many will struggle with things like Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome, because they get their biggest bursts of focus late at night when everyone else is asleep, the brain is releasing dopamine to keep them awake, and distractions are limited.

I have ADHD and DSPS. The reason people with DSPS feel awake at night is due to an issue with melatonin production. The brain doesn’t release melatonin normally (or at all) so the natural “feeling sleepy” signal never comes. I take prescription tryptophan and I’ve never slept better in my life. My “natural” sleep time in 2/3am and waking up is 10/11am. But with tryptophan I can have a “normal” sleep schedule.

And that’s another interesting thing. Kids diagnosed with ADHD can see improved outcomes when they are given tryptophan to help regulate sleep.

Btw, if you’re wondering. Tryptophan is an amino acid, and you can get it in pills that have medically measured doses. Why not just take melatonin? Well tryptophan metabolizes into melatonin and serotonin. It’s a guaranteed way to get melatonin.

Off the shelf melatonin pills aren’t regulated with dosages the same way. In fact, a pill in a 10mg melatonin bottle might only have 1mg of melatonin or even 15mg. They aren’t reliable, and the other issue is that melatonin tends to not be bioavailable enough to work reliably. Tryptophan is very bioavailable. It’s the stuff in turkey that makes people sleepy after eating it.

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Like the rise in ADHD and Autism diagnosis… There isn’t more cases, just diagnosis got better or more available.

It’s both.

We’re finding that even things like microplastics are causing changes that’s not fully understood. There’s even a recent study that links an increase in histamine to worsened ADHD symptoms.

And then there are things like poor sleep hygiene when very young can trigger a development of ADHD later on.

It’s time that Europe remembers what war is

You mean the place that’s still finding mines from WW2 in farmers fields?

I’ve been using (mostly) Claude to help me write an application in a language I’m not experienced with (Rust). Mostly with helping me see what I did wrong with syntax or with the borrow checker. Coming from Java, Python, and C/C++, it’s very easy to mismanage memory the exact way Rust requires it.

That being said, any new code that generates for me I end up having to fix 9 times out of 10. So in a weird way I’ve been learning more about Rust from having to correct code that’s been generated by an LLM.

I still think LLMs for the next while will be mostly useful as a hyper-spell checker for code, and not for generating new code. I often find that I would have saved time if I just tackled the problem myself and not tried to reply on an LLM. Although sometimes an LLM can give me an idea on how to solve a problem.

Yes, it’s a weird hill to die on. My statement is factually correct. Even if you try to harden your Windows installation with the amount of effort to payoff that’s equal to driving across the country to visit your next door neighbour, it’s a weird hill to die on.

there’s nothing Linux can offer me that Windows already doesn’t.

Well, if you really want to have that convo, I’m more than prepared for that. Aside from privacy, there’s the level of security and performance that Windows only dreams of. This isn’t an opinion, these are just facts at this point.

I do not care what you ‘think’ about it, I KNOW that.

I guess you’re the only person on the planet who does.

Why are you having an aneurism over this

Sounds like you’re the one getting worked up. I frankly don’t care what you think you know. I don’t use Windows for a whole truck load of reasons. If you want to spend hours on end modifying the OS and fighting with built-in defaults, and then convince yourself it’s secure. Then go right ahead, its no skin off my back.

But you’re definitely the one getting defensive over Windows.

Like I said, I stand by my statement. You absolutely cannot, unless you want to cut off your system from the internet or block Windows updates outright, you will be sending data to Microsoft.

This is such a weird hill for you to die on.

Please. You have no idea what my IT literacy is. The fact is that unless you install a non-standard edition of Windows, run one of the many questionable debloat scripts, make dozens upon dozens of edits to the registry, disable automatic updates, and block connections at the network/firewall level, then you will absolutely be sending boat loads of data to Microsoft.

And the second you do any updates you’ll have to make all the changes again, because Microsoft is notorious for reverting those changes.

And, after all that, you still cannot be completely sure that no data is sneaking its way back to Microsoft unless you diligently monitor all network traffic.

So I stand by my statement that the one thing Linux absolutely does, that Windows absolutely cannot, is protect your data from Microsoft.

No, you absolutely cannot, if you use Windows.

I’m using triple monitors. A 42" 4k screen. A 1080p 22". And the third is also a 1080p 22" but vertical.

No problems.

Use a separate drive for each OS.

there’s nothing Windows can’t do for me that Linux can

Linux can keep your data away from Microsoft

Remember when he said he knows more about engineering than anyone else on the planet?

There’s also the tribal knowledge of people who’ve worked somewhere for a few years. There’s always a few people who just know where or how a particular thing works and why it works that way. AI simply cannot replace that.

I find it’s the most useful when asking it for small snippets of code or dealing with boilerplate stuff. Anything more complicated usually results in something broken.

It’s only counterintuitive when you don’t understand the why and how. Stimulants boost dopamine. Dopamine, to your brain, is like oxygen to an engine. It needs to be in balance. Too much or too little and the engine starts malfunctioning. Too much dopamine and someone gets high, too little and your brain starts misfiring. Then your brain starts making you act in ways to seek out sources is dopamine, which can lead to erratic behaviour.

They’re a bunch of Windows power-user clowns cosplaying as tech experts.

It, like ADHD, has a strong genetic component, but it’s not a 1:1 correlation.

Epigenetics likely play a massive role also. Which might be the genetic correlation we’re seeing. Epigenetic influences have been shown to last multiple generations from the original trigger (specifically with the effects of trauma).

In the case of autism and ADHD, the epigenetic triggers are likely environmental, such as microplastics, over usage of antibiotics, and various toxic chemicals we’re exposed to daily.

My own personal theory is that the current rates of autism and ADHD might be affected (but not solely caused by) the use of lead in gasoline 50+ years ago. Lead exposure has lifelong implications and absolutely affects embryos as they’re developing. But that’s just a personal theory.

and then spread to the world

But the rest of the world still has the vaccine programs. Very quickly Americans will require proof of vaccination before visiting other countries. While there might be an uptick in cases outside of the US, it will be nothing compared to within.

While you didn’t explicitly say that Trump was chosen. Since the conversation is about “it shouldn’t be Trump, it should be Luigi”. The natural flow of conversation is that if you say “it shouldn’t be Luigi” then it, by default, should be Trump.