Surprising 16-year-long ADHD study reveals opposite of what researchers expected

The busier the better, for a while anyway, as it causes urgency, which reduces procrastination, which reduces self-guilt and increases rewarding experiences.

The downside in my experience is, one can only keep it up for a while until burnout and depression kicks in, which then severely increases ADHD symptoms and further fuels depression.

> “We hypothesized that when life demands and responsibilities increased, this might exacerbate people’s ADHD, making it more severe. In fact, it was the opposite. The higher the demands and responsibilities one was experiencing, the milder their ADHD.”