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crazyplantgoth t1_j8q6u2h wrote

Reply to comment by peer-reviewed-myopia in Smartphone checking predicts more daily cognitive failures, study finds by chrisdh79

So, smart phones are causing people to develop ADHD like symptoms? Is this why ADHD diagnosis has gone up and why there's a shortage on the meds for it?

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ultra242 t1_j8q8tf8 wrote

What if I already have ADHD? Is it making it worse? I don't think it could get worse.

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Konukaame t1_j8qi7qy wrote

I mean, having a device in my pocket that offers 24/7 accessibility to a functionally infinite number of distractions hasn't done my ADHD any favors...

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floydly t1_j8qf4ad wrote

no, we’ve just gotten better at diagnosing it in roughly 50% of the population.

the cell phones didn’t give women ADHD, they’ve had it all along.

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Reasonable-Point4891 t1_j8sdd5w wrote

Yep, I wasn’t diagnosed until this year because I’ve always done well in school. My personal life was a different story and it wrecked my self-esteem because I couldn’t seem to do the normal/basic things that most people can do. My diagnosis saved my life.

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Nyrin t1_j8qzpm8 wrote

Or perhaps people with such behavioral patterns idly check their phones more.

Causation is an enormous and unwarranted leap. The correlation is interesting and valuable, but that's still all it is.

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Girafferage t1_j8rxwdw wrote

I wouldn't say that. There are other studies showing that things such as checking your phone while watching a movie or scrolling Facebook while working directly impact your ability to concentrate and recall memories in the long term.

It's not surprising. If you frequently allow yourself to flip between multiple forms of media then you are just conditioning yourself to continue to want to do so in situations where you shouldn't be, such as at work.

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BadAtExisting t1_j8rnewm wrote

These ADHD like symptoms are all very surface level stuff. There’s not the impulsivity or inability to regulate emotions or executive dysfunction listed here. I was diagnosed before everyone had smartphones. I would like to hope diagnosis digs a little deeper than the surface now days, as depression, anxiety, and even autism (also apparently phone addiction) have several parallel symptoms to ADHD.

The surface level stuff would explain all the self diagnosed “ADHD TikTok” assholes running around with their misinformation, though

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myboybuster t1_j8vbfo9 wrote

I got an office job for the first time about a year ago. Having my phone on me 24/7 now has my anxiety at an all time high and is doing very weird things to my mental processing

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