> This study seems to say that these drugs don't change how you think (i.e., somehow improving the effectiveness of the thought process) but what to think about

> This study seems to say that these drugs don't change how you think (i.e., somehow improving the effectiveness of the thought process) but what to think about; what's most important, or not. FWIW, this is a fairly accurate description of my experience with ADHD. It’s not that I have trouble focusing; quite the opposite, I can focus for hours on the smallest detail. The problem is that without medication I don’t get to choose what that detail _is_. I could end up (and _have_ ended up) spending countless hours on inconsequential stuff because I can’t get it off my mind otherwise while I watch my life fall apart around me, unable to do a thing about it.