Makes sense that methylphenidate helps with most of the things associated with classical ADHD symptoms but not with clumsiness that can lead to accidental injuries; or, in my case, just bruises on my shins all the time.
I’ve also noticed I’m much less accident prone since I’ve been sober, which came a couple years later. I couldn’t say for certain which event correlates with a more pronounced improvement, but both have been quite pronounced.
That said, yes, I can still relate to bruised shins! I’m less accident prone, but still pretty far from immune.
I don't really disagree with you but I wonder how the thwarted sense of "my body in the world" is so connected to ADHD while not being connected at all to executive functioning (which in my perception is what amphetamines help with).
I could be completely wrong, but hopefully that explains my take better. I'd be happy for someone to correct me.
Anyway, back on topic: I wonder if there are 2 specific neurodivergencies going on that got wrapped up into ADHD, but only one actually has to do with executive functioning and serotonin (the 70% that get helped by amphetamines) while the other has to do with sensory and body awareness stuff.
If they have high enough co-morbidity or are weirdly co-morbid so that we never see the body stuff unless the person has ADHD we might have a difficult time seeing them as 2 different things that might be close by brain-location or gene-expression or something.
There are murmurs around me about celiac disease being related to ADHD and autism so that would be another thing in the neurodivergent body area