Comment by bbor
6 hours ago
You may have the Hyperactive-Impulsive presentation (or the Combined one), which is relatively rare among adults. I have the other one of the three (Inattentive), and I wouldn't say it raises my impulsivity, though I guess it's hard to know. The meds literally saved my life and career, but I also almost exclusively take them when working or in lowkey social situations so it's hard to say what they might do when, like, rock climbing or whitewater boating or something.
I suppose impulsivity in terms of working on what I should be working on instead of going into some rabbit hole is a type of impulsivity, and that's certainly decreased! I wouldn't call the former state "fun" though... more like "shameful", "irrational", and "distressing". Personally -- YMMV.
Anyway: yes that's plausible, as this review found pretty strong evidence of increased mortality from injury. Still, I'd personally say it's unlikely for two major reasons:
1. Presumably most injury deaths happen to adults, which are relatively quite unlikely to have the HI presentation.
2. There's just so many plausible causes of injuries, especially in a society with cars. The inclusion of "intentional injury" also introduces a factor that's no doubt strongly corellated with socioeconomic status (i.e. being murdered/manslaughtered), another very plausible cause.
I know that my rate of low speed car accidents has dropped dramatically off since I got on the meds.
Just an anecdote there, but I believe there's a study or two demonstrating a correlation between ADHD and car accidents - I imagine being inattentive in a car is likely to also increase your risk.
You misspelled crashes.
¿Que? You're objecting to accident vs. crash?
your understanding of ADHD is outdated. say what you said to ai to get informed.
I don't see a way to edit my post.
You are born with ADHD and it does not get better, so the "rare" in adults is not factual, some people just get better at managing it.
It's an ever present neurological condition but the presenting symptoms can change over time as the brain develops. It's not just learning to manage it because not all the symptoms can be self managed.