https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelhalassa/p/the-latest-ad...
It was also gratifying as somebody who has been diagnosed with ADHD but who is seemingly resistant to treatment with stimulants.
It's not common knowledge that the reward system is altered by these drugs? Anyone that takes them could attest to that subjectively.
I’m friends with a doctor (med student until recently) who I remember telling me about 5 years ago as a fun fact that adhd is somewhat related to sleep regulation, that the tendencies of adhd people (hyperfocusing on topics, fidgetting, etc) are mostly compensating behaviors to maintain wakefulness.
I remember because I’m actually diagnosed (very recently). Is this not common knowledge?
The “mental clouds dispersing” effect is similar, if that makes sense? So my mental model was something like the brain showing “lack of sleep effects” (without the feeling) when it shouldn’t.
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unixhero•1mo ago
That is massive breakthrough knowledge (unironically).
Thanks for mentioning this.