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DanielLC comments on How well defined is ADHD? - Less Wrong Discussion

8 Post author: jsalvatier 15 November 2012 11:34PM

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Comment author: DanielLC 27 November 2012 07:43:37AM 0 points [-]

Interesting. I wonder if it would be possible to detect someone with ADHD by their preferred dose.

Come to think of it, the original test could still work. If we know that caffeine affects people with ADHD differently, the fact that it's because they're taking a smaller dose is irrelevant. It does mean that you're not allowed to control dosage, so it would be more prone to error.