(Not medical advice). The degree of executive function is highly heritable, largely resistant to change from behavioural interventions in RCTs (although there aren’t many), so more people should find acceptance or a licensed stimulant prescriber. Furthermore, people who use stimulants for this purpose should be more open about it, and more people who hold this opinion should try to spread it.
While the first claim is widely accepted[1], the two last claims[2] are extrapolations from the clinical population, but due to the continuous nature of the trait[3], it seems a priori very likely that these findings generalize to a much larger population.
The DSM/ICD definitions of ADHD are sufficiently vague as to make legal retaliation improbable[4], there is obviously also no zero sum dynamic, and the many people who wish to improve their executive function[5] are kept in the dark about one of the most effective interventions purposefully.
(Not medical advice). The degree of executive function is highly heritable, largely resistant to change from behavioural interventions in RCTs (although there aren’t many), so more people should find acceptance or a licensed stimulant prescriber. Furthermore, people who use stimulants for this purpose should be more open about it, and more people who hold this opinion should try to spread it.
While the first claim is widely accepted[1], the two last claims[2] are extrapolations from the clinical population, but due to the continuous nature of the trait[3], it seems a priori very likely that these findings generalize to a much larger population.
The DSM/ICD definitions of ADHD are sufficiently vague as to make legal retaliation improbable[4], there is obviously also no zero sum dynamic, and the many people who wish to improve their executive function[5] are kept in the dark about one of the most effective interventions purposefully.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18473654/ or https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-018-0070-0
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8328933/, Conclusions 195-203 for behavioural effectiveness, Conclusion 149 for stimulant effectiveness.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5154646/
SBF being a case in point
They have many other names for this problem, “executive function” is almost a stimulant user shibboleth