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When I'm sick, my symptoms go away. Do yours as well? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/adhd@lemmy.world
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I currently have a sinus infection. That's annoying, but I've noticed for a long time that when I'm sick it's like I don't feel the ADHD symptoms.

I lose the constant slight understimulation and I'm more mentally sharp and content. It's like my body knows I need to rest and actually gives me the mental state to tolerate that.

Obviously it sucks to be sick, but it almost makes it a nice experience for me to be able to actually hone in and make a lot of progress on my projects or whatever without fighting my brain at all.

Anyone else experience this or similar?

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[–] 1 point 2 months ago*

I wonder if that implies there's a neuro-immune aspect to some people's symptoms? That would be an interesting thing to* explore, and might explain why stimulants don't work for some people with ADHD

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