Recent Study Seems to Indicate ADHD IS Related to a Nearly 3x Greater Risk for Dementia

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TIL a fairly recently conducted study found that people with Attention Deficit Disorder(ADHD) are almost three times more likely to get dementia - Lemmy.World
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Cross-posted from Health

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There was, however, no clear increase in the risk of dementia associated with adult ADHD among those who received psychostimulant medication, and evidence of reverse causation was mild.

Actual journal here

I read the abstract and I can't understand if medicated ADHD adults don't show the increase the unmedicated ones did or if the medication did not make a difference (increase or decrease) compared with unmedicated adults.

So are medicated ADHDers statistically similar to unmedicated ADHDers or non ADHDers?

My understanding is that medicated were not found to have the same increase in risk.

Yay, something else to look forward to besides joint replacement surgeries and more arthritis.

What? Adhd affects joints?

Yeah, we tend to smoke more of them.

3+ decades of dozens of prescriptions, none gave me a moment's peace.

On the other hand, my little vape has saved the day more times than I can count.

It’s pretty closely connected to EDS/Hypermobility. For many this will be mild though and go unnoticed.

POTS, MCAS (gi issues, allergies) in the β€˜chronic triad’

OP can you add "unmedicated ADHD" to the title to be a bit more (but still not totally) accurate

Not surprised. My memory is already non existent. Lol. Maybe it’s the weed. Maybe it’s the adhd. Who knows.

Weed actually ended up improving my memory when I started if only by having tons of practice FINDING THE FUCKDAMN LIGHTER!

My grandma passed away from dementia a couple of years back. My mom has symptoms of ADHD. I am diagnosed with ADHD. The only person in the family to get diagnosed and actively treating with meds and stuff.

I wonder if knowledge and meds can stave of dementia.

Every week there is an article linking dementia to this and that. I really can’t keep up with it anymore. At this point everything causes dementia.

I wouldn’t stress out of it. You might learn that stress is what causes dementia.

Fuckin super.

Bundle that with my history of head trauma and I'm basically guaranteed to get it at this point.

yay.

Good news then. A history of head trauma means you're more likely to die early of a stroke from a random blood clot than to live long enough and experience dementia.

woo...

Well might as well live a healthy active lifestyle from this point on hoping for the beat outcome

Gotta stack that deck in my favor Though basically everything before 25 could probably be best described as a path of self destruction, the future still isn't written. I've been on the up and up for 6 years now.

It can be done and I believe you can do it.

Good luck!

Nice like I dont forget enough things ready. I am going to be so much fun when the dementia hits

One of my grandpas just died this year due to dementia related complications and it is a hell of a way to go. Really hope I dont end up with it getting as bad as I have seen it get before its too late to jump off a bridge.

Uggg I hate seeing things like this

ERASES RECENT MEMORY REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE RETURNS TO MERE MEDIUM-WORRY STATE Oh that’s fun I’m so glad i learned.. uh, that ignorance is bliss βœ¨πŸ‘πŸ€©πŸ« πŸ§ 

Wait, what was I going to write?!