What is Reddit's opinion of Executive Functions: What They Are, How They Work, and Why They Evolved?

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I'm sorry, but this attitude is not helpful, ADHD is a spectrum, and if you have it better than some others, it's not due to your intelligence, it's due to you falling closer to the "normal" side of the spectrum. As I said in my previous comment, it does not counteract symptoms, it may allow you to hide them better, or cope with them better, but it does not counteract them, I believe Dr. Barkley touches on this in his "Executive Functions" book, (http://www.amazon.com/Executive-Functions-What-They-Evolved-ebook/dp/B008CONJUY) and I'm sorry, but you will never be as good at executive functioning as you would be if you didn't have ADHD. No amount of "High IQ" will help that, you have a chemical dysfunction in your brain.

You can not compensate for a physical defect in your brain by being smart and trying harder, just like you can not compensate for being diabetic by exercising more, the two are barely related, no matter how much you run your pancreas is still going to have a dysfunction, and no matter how smart you are your executive functions are always going to be deficient. If you wish to disagree with this sentiment that's fine, I simply think you should reconsider your stance.

On topic, I am on adderall, and for the most part it calms me, allows me to stop worrying, allows me to remember things. I am the person I've always wanted to be when on my medication, the person I always told myself that "one day" I would be, I run, I go to bed early, I pay my bills when they come in, I don't impulse buy, I don't eat like shit anymore. I am happy, becuase I am able to think forward.

And in addition, I am able to focus, I am able to decide what to think about, I am able to tell myself "Okay, I'm gonna work on this for an hour, and not open reddit" and then do it. When I am not on my medication I can not do these things. I ma happy, becuase I am able to accomplish my goals.

Ritalin may not be the medication for you, as it is different than adderall or vyvanse, I can't comment on it much as I've never taken it, but everything you describe sounds like me premedication. Medication for ADHD is interesting in a lot of ways though, I know for a fact that too high of a dosage of Adderall can cause worrying and anxiety. Also, you may wish to talk to your doctor about any kind of birth control you are on, while it probably varies from person to person, the BC I was on when combined with adderall made me depressed in the afternoons. Just a thought.