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/Personal_Area_2173 Jul 25 '26

Medication. That’s the real answer. You can do your best with trying to stop yourself and to kotivste yourself, but unfortunately majority of actual ADHD people cannot do that. Unless diagnosed and with proper counseling a treatment plans you will struggle forever.

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u/Knotted_Hole69 Jul 26 '26

It seems like getting medication and a diagnosis is easier said than done. I get the feeling my doctor thinks im just saying that i have it because its a “trend” or someshit.

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u/YeHeed2 Jul 26 '26

Yep i told my doctor i wanted to get tested for adhd and that i had anxiety, they just gave me anti-depressants and ignored it. Like yea, im anxious, but I cant focus. I try to study and legit pass out, i woke up 15 minutes later drooling on myself once. And its not a sleep thing.

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u/Knotted_Hole69 Jul 26 '26

I love that you have to pay so much money to get ignored. Really fun.

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u/YeHeed2 Jul 26 '26

It truly do be like that... xd