It blows my mind how productive I’m able to be, being properly medicated after a diagnosis. I don’t understand why I cannot do these simple tasks normally. Why does adderall make me “go” and actually accomplish tasks?
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Adhd brain has a lot going on in it, but not enough of the transmitters to deal with all the shit going on.
Adderall/stimulants increase the amount of these transmitters, which is why adhd people generally feel calmer despite being on a stimulant. Brain can now keep up better and organize the thoughts. The desire to do things because of this primarily comes from the extra dopamine you get, but serotonin and norepinephrine are affected as well.
It doesn’t actually calm anything down. It increases neural activity primarily in the frontal left cortex if I remember right.
Best analogy is adhd brain is a car with a faulty steering wheel and gas pedal with a mind of its own. Stimulants fix these to a degree so adhd brain can now steer where it wants to go better and hit the gas or break to start and stop tasks better.
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