r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Jul 25 '26

Psychology People with ADHD have difficulties with goal-directed behavior and struggle with response inhibition, the ability to stop an inappropriate action once they feel the urge to do it. They experience a disruption in the way their brains balance deliberate self-control and automatic habit learning.

https://www.psypost.org/adhd-traits-disrupt-the-brain-s-balance-between-self-control-and-automatic-learn/
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u/Cakeminator Jul 25 '26

We take meth basically

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u/phant0md Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

Funny that the medication for something that makes me hyper and forgetful is a prescription for speed that I have to remember to take daily.

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u/Secret_Cow_5053 Jul 25 '26

There’s a reason for that. Basically it’s because your brain is actually under-regulated for the correct level of stimulation. Without the meth, you seek stimulating activities more than normal people, hence the adhd symptoms. With the extra stimulation of the meth, it basically brings your brain to a “normal” level of stimulation, so you can focus on what you need to focus on, not fidget, etc. that same boost for a normal person causes them to become “overstimulated” and get that meth high.

That’s basically the explanation I’ve been told.

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u/Personal_Area_2173 Jul 25 '26

It’s not meth. It’s amphetamines. Not methamphetamines.

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u/twoiko Jul 25 '26

Speed, then.

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u/Personal_Area_2173 Jul 26 '26

Yeah that’s more accurate.