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This recent study finds that amphetamines do help with motivation: https://www.jneurosci.org/content/43/41/6898 https://www.jneurosci.org/content/43/41/6898 >
by hasbot 3y ago
This recent study finds that amphetamines do help with motivation: https://www.jneurosci.org/content/43/41/6898 https://www.jneurosci.org/content/43/41/6898
> I think the main tell of ADHD is if you feel you lack motivation to complete simple but tedious tasks that has high rewards that you really care about.
You might be right, but, at least for me, the number of tasks that meet that criteria is too low to a useful metric.
- Jensson 3y agoThey measure motivation by how hard the person works at achieving that goal, of course if you measure it that way the pills will "increase motivation". ADHD isn't a failure of motivation, it is a failure to put in effort doing stuff you are motivated to do. It doesn't magically make you motivated to do stuff you don't care about. > You might be right, but, at least for me, the number of tasks that meet that criteria is too low to a useful metric. Do you file taxes? Pay your bills? Those are simple and high reward tasks, every persons life is filled with such things.
- hasbot 3y agoDoing taxes and bills are not what I consider high reward more like moderate penalty. And, no, I don't pay my bills: everything is auto-pay.
- Jensson 3y ago> Doing taxes and bills are not what I consider high reward more like moderate penalty Try not paying bills or filing your taxes and you will see what happens, doing the task prevents you from getting a severe punishment (relative time spent on the task), so it is high reward. People with ADHD tend to be late paying bills or doing taxes and struggle with filling in forms in general, ie they regularly fail to do simple high reward tasks.
- hasbot 3y agoHow sad would it be if most or all of my "high reward" tasks are anti-"severe punishment?"
- corobo 3y agoMe browsing HN instead of filling out an invoice so I can get paid so I can pay my tax bill before the end of tomorrow haha. Fiine, I'll get back to it after this comment.. > You’ll pay a late filing penalty of £100 if your tax return is up to 3 months late As ADHD taxes go this one's pretty chill. It's a decent chunk of change sure but compared to the rest of my finances (legacy pre-diagnosis debts I'm still grinding down).. it's on the low end lmao
- corobo 3y agoGot it done in time. Cheers for the motivation, HN! :)