Image not quite for ADHPeeps but I feel this sort of thing happens regularly for us as well.

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    2 months ago

    Apparently videogames are a “medication” for my adhd because since i started adderol they don’t “pull me in” like they used to.

    I miss it a little bit, it’s also kinda weird but its also nice to not be compelled to play like before

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      2 months ago

      Your brain is dopamine deprived, video games are designed to get our dumb monkey brains to squeeze out all the happy juice. Adderall floods your brain with dopamine so the video games just don’t hit like they used to.

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        1 month ago

        Did you ever get the “brain feels weird, like the waves are a different shape” after a long deep dive in a game? Only games and books do it to me, books being a less janky, more smooth but definitely different sensation.

        God please say yes it’s not only me right? what’s up with my worm-meat?

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            1 month ago

            Yeah i got a bit weird with my description haha… After a long session of hyperfocusing (on a game you’ve been sucked in by for example), do you ever feel odd for a few minutes after disconnecting from that focus?