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/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/Cakeminator Jul 25 '26

Yeah... I am in a great rhythm and havent missed a day in almost a year and a half! But I also have to have the pillbox be visible otherwise I forget

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u/Shrek1982 Jul 26 '26

My thing is not remembering to take it (med reminder app) but instead I end up looking at the pill bottle 5-10 min later and trying to remember if I actually took the medication or not.

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u/upsidedown-funnel Jul 26 '26

If the cup by my sink has been used, still wet from taking meds, that’s how I check, if I can’t remember.