[steven_noble]

Clearly unethical. Take written notes. Join your union.

But a few side points:

- ADHD is an actual condition that can cause lack of focus and/or hyperfocus

- there are plenty of other reasons why a person can exhibit lack of focus and/or hyperfocus

- in people with ADHD, stimulants are often very effective, but dosage and side-effects need careful medical management

- in people without ADHD, stimulants often make them feel like they are more focused that ever before, but blind studies have shown that their actual focus is not truly affected

[runawaybottle]

Can you link anything that backs up your last bullet point?

[steven_noble]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3489818/#__sec7...

[eindiran]

I don't see anything that backs up the claim you made in that paper. The closest thing I see:

"Stimulant drugs do improve the ability (even without ADHD) to focus and pay attention. One function, which is reliably improved by stimulant medications, is sustained attention, or vigilance. Stimulants improve sustained, focused attention, but “selective attention” and “distractibility” may be worsened, possibly because of a drug induced increase in impulsivity."

And that seems to contradict your point.

[steven_noble]

fair enough -- i was basing it on my memory of a documentary I saw once -- i looked up the documentary but could not find a list of the studies it cited, so I Googled for studies on the question