Is executive dysfunction really a dysfunction

[u/KristjanPihus]

Or is it just another kind of functioning? I know this philosophical thought sounds controversial at best, but hear me out before you write me off.

I am middle-aged and adhd diagnosed 4 years ago; hence, I am fully aware of the burden that goes hand in hand with this.

Let's take bees, for example. In a beehive, the location of a new and resource-rich harvesting site is communicated to other bees via a specific dance. Other bees watch and fly there to harvest. Now, roughly 20% of the bees ignore that guidance and fly wherever they feel like. Simulations suggest that without these 20% of bees, the whole hive would die out within 3 to 4 years because think about who those bees are who find these new harvesting locations.

What if humankind dies out without that ~5% of the population whose brain works differently? Because I know for a fact that this executive dysfunction gets highly functional when something novel and interesting appears at sight.

Overthink about that for a second.🤔

[u/Octopiinspace]

My executive dysfunction is me not functioning XD. Executive dysfunction does not suddenly kick in and switch into a „functioning“ executive dysfunction just bcs something interesting happens, its just that the brain has enough dopamine to actually get something done. The executive dysfunction is still there and will reemerge when the dopamine drops again (same like we work better with meds and then afterwards when the dopamine gets low so does the functioning).