Was diagnosed young, and again when I was 21, have been taking Adderall 20mg for years, and thought i was managing the symptoms well, until I spoke with the psych again. They ADDED 5mg and I am already feeling waaaaay slower and clear. How does something that is supposed to speed/”wake” you up, slow a person down?
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The part of our brain responsible for locking onto a topic is underpowered.
As such, we’re the mental version of velociraptors: our vision is based on movement. Anything that isn’t constantly changing and jumping up and down to grab our attention… fades into the background over time.
It’s not that we have too much energy, it’s that we’re constantly running through this fog of fading phantom concepts, trying to track down something that isn’t a mirage, and stays put long enough to look at it. Like a player in an FPS game that’s lagged to hell, everyone else sees us teleporting all over the map, while we’re just trying to keep up.
Add some stimulants to the mix, you lower the arousal threshold, and things can remain significant even if they haven’t grabbed our attention in the last few seconds. We can slow down, take a breath and things are *still where we left them* so we don’t need to keep chasing new ones.
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