Not sure where to post this so why not here? I struggle with text-based online content. I’d like to listen to your articles. On the phone app, I see an icon to play (top right). I don’t know if this part of this app or because I also have speechify on my phone--despite not quite knowing how to use it yet.
Anyhow, I looked through Substack support, which only seems to be FAQs. Can’t find where to ask Substack this question...can’t find it in the knowledge-base. Or can’t find any support email or chat.
Anyone know if it’s possible to listen to Substack? I’d love a link to such info! Thanks.
Hi Jesse – as a family doctor in Canada who struggles personally and professionally with the diagnosis of ADHD, I just want to say how much I appreciate your perspective. In my profession, there is a lot of reluctance to look at the complexity and conflict surrounding the contentious issue of ADHD diagnosis and treatment, and denial of the harm being done by all the messy misunderstanding. It’s hard to find someone who is willing to sift through the fragile science behind its creation, and to dig into the underlying historical, social and ethical assumptions that have contributed to the modern ADHD epidemic (former chair of the DSM IV Allen Frances claims that one of the greatest harms of the DSM-IV was to contribute to the ‘false epidemics’ of ADHD, autism and childhood bipolar). I am particularly grateful for your diligence in seeking out the roots of the opinions and theories that have silently become scientific ‘facts’ (your episode on ‘time-blindness’), and for shedding light on the subtle moralization that happens in psychiatry (your article on The Myth-making of Dopamine Nation). For me, I feel caught between the predominant biopharmaceutical narrative which seeks to objectively validate the condition in order to put as many people as possible on stimulants, and the popular mythology rapidly spreading on social media, which seems to pathologize every subjective experience of perceived failure or inadequacy so that we are absolved of the guilt of not meeting the expectations we carry (never questioning where the expectations might come from, and how realistic they might be). Lately I have become less interested in whether ADHD (and autism) are real, but more interested in why so many are motivated to seek out the diagnosis now, and what this says about how we are all trying to cope in within a modern-colonial society that is decomposing. I’ve done a fair amount of research on adult ADHD (mostly critical reviews of medical evidence) and consumed a lot of the popular media content out there (podcasts, TikTok channels, YouTube videos, etc – phenomenal amount of stuff!). Your writing really stands out and has offered the most insights for me. I often recommend it to those (patients and colleagues) who are looking to deepen their understanding of this ‘WEIRD’ phenomenon. Anyways, thanks for reading this if you made it this far - I hope you are enjoying your work and getting the rest you probably need. Thank you!
Your the goddamn best
Not sure where to post this so why not here? I struggle with text-based online content. I’d like to listen to your articles. On the phone app, I see an icon to play (top right). I don’t know if this part of this app or because I also have speechify on my phone--despite not quite knowing how to use it yet.
Anyhow, I looked through Substack support, which only seems to be FAQs. Can’t find where to ask Substack this question...can’t find it in the knowledge-base. Or can’t find any support email or chat.
Anyone know if it’s possible to listen to Substack? I’d love a link to such info! Thanks.
Yes! that’s an accessibility feature built into the substack app, when you press the play button it will play the article like a podcast episode
Hi Jesse – as a family doctor in Canada who struggles personally and professionally with the diagnosis of ADHD, I just want to say how much I appreciate your perspective. In my profession, there is a lot of reluctance to look at the complexity and conflict surrounding the contentious issue of ADHD diagnosis and treatment, and denial of the harm being done by all the messy misunderstanding. It’s hard to find someone who is willing to sift through the fragile science behind its creation, and to dig into the underlying historical, social and ethical assumptions that have contributed to the modern ADHD epidemic (former chair of the DSM IV Allen Frances claims that one of the greatest harms of the DSM-IV was to contribute to the ‘false epidemics’ of ADHD, autism and childhood bipolar). I am particularly grateful for your diligence in seeking out the roots of the opinions and theories that have silently become scientific ‘facts’ (your episode on ‘time-blindness’), and for shedding light on the subtle moralization that happens in psychiatry (your article on The Myth-making of Dopamine Nation). For me, I feel caught between the predominant biopharmaceutical narrative which seeks to objectively validate the condition in order to put as many people as possible on stimulants, and the popular mythology rapidly spreading on social media, which seems to pathologize every subjective experience of perceived failure or inadequacy so that we are absolved of the guilt of not meeting the expectations we carry (never questioning where the expectations might come from, and how realistic they might be). Lately I have become less interested in whether ADHD (and autism) are real, but more interested in why so many are motivated to seek out the diagnosis now, and what this says about how we are all trying to cope in within a modern-colonial society that is decomposing. I’ve done a fair amount of research on adult ADHD (mostly critical reviews of medical evidence) and consumed a lot of the popular media content out there (podcasts, TikTok channels, YouTube videos, etc – phenomenal amount of stuff!). Your writing really stands out and has offered the most insights for me. I often recommend it to those (patients and colleagues) who are looking to deepen their understanding of this ‘WEIRD’ phenomenon. Anyways, thanks for reading this if you made it this far - I hope you are enjoying your work and getting the rest you probably need. Thank you!