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ADD is a spectrum disorder that involves inattentiveness, hyperactivity, impulsivity. We are easily distracted, forgetful, and restless. The bad news is we have these traits in different amounts. This makes it difficult for professionals who specialize in the treatment of ADD to identify or quantify the extent of our affliction.
At the core of it, are a few commonalities. We have difficulty accessing working memory. This means information coming into our brains gets filtered out, sometimes that information is important. Which brings us to another difficulty. Prioritization. Everything coming into our brains has the same priority/importance. Sometimes the important stuff gets through. Sometimes not. This is why, when we put stuff down, it disappears.
All of this happens because dopamine is not being produced and taken up by receptors like NT people’s brains do. We find ourselves “self medicating”. Ever wonder why high stress jobs have a high number of ADD people working them? Ever wonder why a lot of ADD people gravitate toward risky behaviors? It is because we self medicate. In this case with Dopamine and Adrenaline.
Our medication does the same thing, without the danger. It boosts the production of Dopamine. THAT is why stimulants work on us.
Hope this helps.
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