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Anon is Illiterate (retrolemmy.com)
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[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You can build up literacy like a muscle. I can read a lot if I forget to take my ADHD worsener (valproic acid), but even with that I can sometimes "rawdog" it.

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This, I used to read a lot, even with my ADHD.

But for some reason I stopped, and now I struggle to focus reading.

[–] Baggie@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Brains gravitate to the quickest easiest dopamine responses, and will ignore things that give rewards slower. ADHD brains are particularly bad for this.

I have the exact same issue. If I was able to give up scrolling social media, I'm sure I'd be back on the books again inside of a few weeks. We'll just have to wait for the great collapse.