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The experience I've had on versus off my meds says different.
by tjpnz 5y ago
The experience I've had on versus off my meds says different.
- poopooshire 5y ago
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- tgaj 5y agoI think this is a misunderstanding. People with ADHD don't really want to be medicated. Taking stimulants whole your life is not nice. There are many side effects. But we have to. We don't have a choice most of the time. Without meds ADHD is often a fatal disease. Not for everyone of course.
- iovrthoughtthis 5y agoi think people who take amphetamines every day also know how exhausting it can be. must be nice to be able to take a break and not have your entire life fall apart.
- ojkelly 5y agoNot really. At least not long term. Amphetamines help correct for a lack of dopamine and norepinephrine, by helping then stay around longer in the brain. It often likened to wearing glasses. There’s non-stimulant medication, and multiple versions of stimulant medication that’s used because it doesn’t affect everyone quite the same way. In neurotypical brains, or rather brains without a deficit of dopamine and norepinephrine, stimulants result in too much hanging around. Instead of going from (to use relative numbers) -9 to -3..0 (like I often feel), a neurotypical brain goes from 0 to 10. It also has tends to have a calming effect on those with ADHD, whereas for neurotypicals it can push you heart rate to above 150. For a number of people I know the affect is small, for me it has been profound. Imagine going from 70% packet loss inside your brain to 0-5%. Not wired just normal. Only for the first 3 decades of my life, I didn’t know this normal existed.
- adhd_thraway 5y agoOnce I was accused by close friend that I'm enjoyed something only because I was "high on drugs". I told him that from my underperforming dopamine brain it's he who is constantly high on drugs, and I finally were able to feel the same.