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> ADHD at its core is a dopamine disorder. This is still merely hypothetical is it not? I have noticed people home in on dopamine, but no one ever mentions ser
by hirvi74 2y ago
> ADHD at its core is a dopamine disorder.
This is still merely hypothetical is it not? I have noticed people home in on dopamine, but no one ever mentions serotonin, glutamate, gaba, and all the other neurochemical systems.
I also thought the biochemical basis for depression has been completely thrown out, is that also not true?
- _yb2s 2y agoYeah, we don't understand nearly enough about the brain to have a very mechanistic view of ADHD. With so many different types on a spectrum, and sometimes symptoms being caused by things like physical trauma or infection, it is likely there are different possible mechanisms. However, it certainly appears like dopamine is highly involved, but noepinephrine also seems to be involved as well. Medically, it is defined symptomatically, and not mechanistically.