FWIW I tend to see a good part of ADHD medication’s effect as changing the trade off between exploration and exploitation. ADHD being an excess of eploration, the meds nudging towards excess of exploitation. If you struggle with a perceived excess of exploration, you might ask yourself if you are helped by taking those medication or if you might fit the diagnostic criteria.
Related : Taking too much of those psychostimulants gives usually an extreme type of exploitation often called “tunnel vision”, which can be detrimental as it feels like being a robot doing something on repeat.
Also : branched thinking is not only related to ADHD but also to people with unusually large IQ. So let me just stress that YMMV
FWIW I tend to see a good part of ADHD medication’s effect as changing the trade off between exploration and exploitation. ADHD being an excess of eploration, the meds nudging towards excess of exploitation. If you struggle with a perceived excess of exploration, you might ask yourself if you are helped by taking those medication or if you might fit the diagnostic criteria.
Related : Taking too much of those psychostimulants gives usually an extreme type of exploitation often called “tunnel vision”, which can be detrimental as it feels like being a robot doing something on repeat.
Also : branched thinking is not only related to ADHD but also to people with unusually large IQ. So let me just stress that YMMV
Also2 : another interesting thread about ADHD the other day : https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/zi6Qq5jeWat8xFodq/what-works-for-adhd-and-or-related-things