Why is my brain so scattered and unable to focus on simple tasks? When I take my medications, I feel a lot better, but I’m so curious why this happens in the first place. Am I missing something in my brain? Are neurotransmitters not working? plz.
In: Biology
Testing to see if it lets me post cause I wrote a massive response and maybe hit the cancel button? Wow, what the heck, here we go but more succinct:
ADHD meds are a shotgun approach. They release dopamine (makes you feel what you are doing should be repeated, like studying) and norepinephrine (what you are doing is important). People with ADHD have less dopamine in the prefrontal cortex (the NET re-uptake will actually work for dopamine there, but then you won’t feel good without dopamine everywhere else).
But here is a hot take you won’t get in a sub like this: The overall effect is to try and modulate glutamate, the main excitatory amino acid that causes neuro-transmission. You will probably find that your ADHD meds will work a lot better if you supplement magnesium because it will block the glutamate channel when it is ready to close so no more calcium keeps sending signals.
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