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ADHD drugs don’t work the way we thought
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this post was submitted on 29 Dec 2025
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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?
Maybe by "we" the author meant "the uninformed"?
Yeah this has been a known thing in psychiatry for years. My coworkers literally lol when I shake my coffee cup and announce that I don't have enough dopamine to continue charting.