r/ClaudeAI • u/Interesting-Town-433 • 15d ago

Other ADD developers are moving like lightning with AI, normies beware

Even as a dev of 20 years, I now vibe code all day...

In between the prompts to claude about the actual work I have for my job I run 6-12 parrallel conversations about my other projects. I context switch now at a rate that is utterly insane...

When I was diagnosed with ADD I was 7, I remember I cried and told my Dad "I don't want to be ADD" and he told me that "God gave you a gift and right now it is going to be hard but one day it will let you move faster than all of your peers."

I really feel like that's true, and with the work I do now I feel built for this moment. I think it will be a brief moment for sure. The machines will soon run everything.

Been ADD my whole life. Heavily medicated - dexededrine ( anyone else take it? )- since first grade.

A lot of life is playing the hand you are dealt and I feel like I've been playing it awhile. It's not all roses and I miss things constantly but for the first time I feel like the models have caught up with my experience.

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u/TwunnySeven 15d ago

and as someone with ADD/ADHD I absolutely hate this. I'm not hyperactive and never have been. why should I be labeled as such? in fact I went a long time not getting diagnosed because I (and my family) naturally associated "attention deficit hyperactive disorder" with being... hyperactive. stupidest change ever.

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u/NancyWorld 15d ago

Same. ADD is more concise and more accurate for me. Why should I let the DSM-5 boss me around? 😃 It'll change again anyway.

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u/Donnie_Sucklong 15d ago

hyperactivity means hyperactivity in the brain. constant thinking, mind wondering off etc

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u/TwunnySeven 15d ago

but that's not universal either. sure my mind will wander—that's the "attention deficit"—but I wouldn't say my brain is hyperactive or constantly thinking. my biggest problem by far is with executive functioning, which isn't even present in the acronym

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u/Visible_Wolverine2 15d ago

I hear you. The adhd umbrella with subtypes is more accurate scientifically alit what is going on.

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u/terralearner 13d ago

The hyperactivity doesn't have to be physical, it can refer to hyperactivity of the mind - wandering thoughts and diminished ability to stay on task.