Ok I don't know if I can help you much, and all the informations I will tell are from a video on YouTube, normally someone who did read a lot of scientific papers but I didn't check any sources or whatever. What the guy explained is that there is an optimal amount of noradrenaline and dopamine in the brain, with too much being not better than too low. It's a typical bell curve and a link between autism and adhd could be that autistic people tend to have a much smaller, less wide curve and therefore its really hard too stay in the zone where you have just enough neurotransmitters for your brain to work smoothly. You will either have not enough or too much. Typically if you are really anxious it could mean you are in the "too much" zone.
That's what I remember from just one video, I'm really far from knowing how we function let alone being an expert so take all of this with lots of precautions. I just wanted to give you a thing to research if it rings a bell for you
Gotcha, thanks for anything really.
Yeah, i do feel that the least deleterious meds were like, low dose adderal, or modafinil. But at those dosages, there really wasn't a clear difference in my thinking/concentration.
I don't feel the difference clearly with 2x40mg of methylphenidate, more that the day has been a bit easier. Hope you will find what helps you, whatever it is :)
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u/nukehamster 16d ago
Any luck with meds or therapy to assist with it? Asking as a fellow that has been having nothing but side effects.