how does ADHD medication work?
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If you’re talking about stimulants, we know how they work to stimulate, but we don’t know how they treat ADHD. You’ll see lots of people taking about low dopamine, which is a hypothesis that’s been around a long time and has not been demonstrated to be true.
Don’t believe me? Look at the Prescribing Information for any stimulant medication. I pulled this from the Vyvanse label: *”Amphetamines are non-catecholamine sympathomimetic amines with CNS stimulant activity. The exact mode of therapeutic action in ADHD and BED is not known.”*
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