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> Do you have a deficit of dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine? What evidence exists that points this is the cause of ADHD? Wouldn't a dopamine deficit be m
by hirvi74 4y ago
> Do you have a deficit of dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine?
What evidence exists that points this is the cause of ADHD? Wouldn't a dopamine deficit be more akin to Parkinson's Disease?
Also, last I remember reading, I am pretty sure we are not fully aware of why stimulants help people with ADHD. I think the leading hypothesis is that dopamine plays a role somehow, but I thought that he yet to be fully observed.
- thefringthing 4y agoThis article from about ten years ago asserts that "a highly cohesive story [was] emerging regarding the etiology and treatment of ADHD": https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2894421/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2894421/ and gives an overview of that etiology, which concerns norepinephrine and dopamine in the prefrontal cortex.