ADHD: A Hunter in a Farmer's World

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In considering the prison and the alcoholic populations, the high proportion of ADHD individuals would suggest a genetic ADHD predisposition for these problems. Creativity requires risk taking with motivation from within the person and the belief in one’s own goals.

And then it occurred to me, the women who predominantly have inattentive ADHD, married the men with predominantly hyperactive ADHD.These two brain formations control the sensory input to the brain, the thalamus as a gate to the cortex and the reticular formation as an alarm announcing that there is danger. Does school, compared to home, provide a unique adaptive context for children's ADHD-associated behaviors?

I am 100% behind the author's motivations for writing this and other books on the topic, and he provides compelling evidence for his arguments, backed up by studies.I agree that those with hyperactivity and high energy would be the hunters, but what about those of us with inattentive ADHD? These individuals could be a great asset to our society, so we are missing out by not helping them attain their potential creativity with their openness to take risks. They can throw an incredible burst of energy into the hunt, so much so that they often injure themselves or exceed “normal” capabilities, without realizing it until later. Ritalin as a stimulant that creates a greater sensitivity to sensory input makes risk-taking unnecessary to feel the sought after sense of aliveness.