I think this is a misunderstanding. People with ADHD don't really want to be medicated. Taking stimulants whole your life is not nice. There are many side effects. But we have to. We don't have a choice most of the time. Without meds ADHD is often a fatal disease. Not for everyone of course.

Not really. At least not long term.

Amphetamines help correct for a lack of dopamine and norepinephrine, by helping then stay around longer in the brain.

It often likened to wearing glasses.

There’s non-stimulant medication, and multiple versions of stimulant medication that’s used because it doesn’t affect everyone quite the same way.

In neurotypical brains, or rather brains without a deficit of dopamine and norepinephrine, stimulants result in too much hanging around.

Instead of going from (to use relative numbers) -9 to -3..0 (like I often feel), a neurotypical brain goes from 0 to 10. It also has tends to have a calming effect on those with ADHD, whereas for neurotypicals it can push you heart rate to above 150.

For a number of people I know the affect is small, for me it has been profound. Imagine going from 70% packet loss inside your brain to 0-5%.

Not wired just normal. Only for the first 3 decades of my life, I didn’t know this normal existed.

i think people who take amphetamines every day also know how exhausting it can be.

must be nice to be able to take a break and not have your entire life fall apart.