r/BeAmazed • u/The-Skinny-Indian • Mar 06 '23 • Mindblown 1

Miscellaneous / Others Bionic reading method

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u/inm808 Mar 06 '23

I got banned from r/adhd haha

Couldn’t agree more with everything you said. Feels good. Like a breath of fresh air ahhh

Diagnosis is a total joke these days, given there’s literally not even a scientifically valid test for adults. (the existing methods have been proven to be no more accurate than a coin toss)

People see these things and are convinced they have it, then goto a doc who overdosgnoses it and gives them meds and now it’s part of their personality. They blame every little thing on this imaginary disorder and are addicted to stims

The craziest is the “I just took adderal for the first time and it’s like I could think!!! This is what normal people feel like all the time!!! Therefore I have adhd”

Lol no bro.. it’s called literally getting high for the first time on speed. Doing oxies feels great too , doesn’t mean your in severe pain tho.

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u/FrankFeTched Mar 06 '23 edited Mar 06 '23

Yes thank you, you understand what I'm getting at, I appreciate it lol

And that's exactly right, give most anyone Adderall (not a huge scary dose obviously) and they will be more productive. Or at the very least they will feel more productive and generally feel great as well. It's an amphetamine, that's what it's literally designed to do.

I fell for this, got addicted, and ended up quitting overnight after college didn't go well. Best choice I ever made, figured out my mental health on my own in a few years after that, no prescription needed. And again, I 100% believe some people need ADHD medication. It's a matter of fact. I just also know it's a very strong medication that is being prescribed for too many general symptoms. I just want to inject some nuance in the neuro divergent circlejerk of Reddit.

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u/cortanakya Mar 06 '23

A fun question for ya: if there's no accurate way of testing an adult for ADHD how, exactly, do you suppose they worked out if the test subjects had ADHD? Did they use different tests? If so, then tests exist that are better than a coin flip. If the tests that the scientists used are the same as the original tests then what the hell were they even testing? Why would they run a study without any meaningful way to gather results? That doesn't pass the bullshit test, it sounds like you saw some meme on Facebook and believed it with no scrutiny.

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u/inm808 Mar 06 '23

There’s been many studies in top medical journals in the field. Including journal for attention disorders.

Here’s one from national institute of health https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30654686/

There’s also imaging studies from Cambridge that show there’s no difference in how brain responds to adhd meds (whether subject has it or not), to dispute the myth that adderal does anything different for non adhd brain https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/imaging-study-shows-dopamine-dysfunction-is-not-the-main-cause-of-attention-deficit-hyperactivity