Just something I have anecdotally noticed occuring with more frequency. Several creators I follow have spoken about being diagnosed with ADHD in recent years, and their experiences with medication like adderall. When I was a kid, ADHD was something only kids had, and was famously overdiagnosed in America as an excuse to get a ton of kids on pills.
Is this just a more recent extension of that? Is it just as simple as big pharma looking for more addicts? I have definitely noticed that my own attention span has been eroded by the 24 hour news cycle and too much screen time, but I'd never think to go to the doctor about it.
I'm sorry to hear you had such a personal experience with ADHD. I hope that you can overcome it without drugs.
My wife had a brief experience with ADHD when it was a popular diagnosis among children in America. Whatever drug her mother put her on made her have shivering and twitching fits. She used to pretend to take the pills and stuff them in the house's HVAC vents, lol. Thankfully her father was responsible enough to put a stop to it when he saw what it was doing.