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  • Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoADHD@lemmy.worldADHD drugs don’t work the way we thought
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    10 days ago

    What exactly is new here?

    Their findings suggest that these medications primarily affect brain systems involved in reward and wakefulness rather than the networks traditionally linked to attention.

    I’m in my 40s and got diagnosed 2 years ago. One of the first things I learned is that ADHD has to do with dopamine deficit and that the stimulants either slow down the reduction of available dopamine or increase it’s release. And dopamine is a neurotransmitter directly connected with the reward center. And that’s one of the reason our attention changes focus all the time, because we’re looking for something new as the current task doesn’t release dopamine anymore. Yaddayadda you know the drill.

    Plus I sleep better when taking meds so I don’t think stimulants work the same way for ADHDers as they do for neurotypicals.

    Or is there something I completely missed?






  • I don’t do it intentionally, but my wife often tells me to look at her when she’s talking so she knows I’m listening.

    The rest you wrote sounds a lot like ADHD inattentive type, especially executive distinction. And caffeine is a stimulant which can have similar effects as meds. If you can still sleep without problems or even better after drinking coffee, that’s an additional indication.

    The problem with ADHD is that most of our struggles are things “everybody has once in a while” but it’s so much more often and extreme that it makes our lives harder.

    Get checked if you have the possibility.