[EdwardDiego]

Best analogy I have is vaguely RPG like. Let's say "normal" is 0, and the medication at a given dosage adds, say, +5.

So people without ADHD, take Ritalin, hit 5, get a buzz, smash out that project.

Then there's people with ADHD, who're starting at -5. They take the drugs, hit 0, don't get a buzz, and maybe actually start that project now that they're better able to ignore the delights of Wikipedia articles on the role of headwear for class signaling in Victorian England.

There's people who take morphine to get high, and there's people who take morphine to treat pain. Same shit.

[splithalf]

Assuming normal distribution most fall in the middle of this spectrum. The notion that there’s some binary state of “chemical balance” where you either are -5 or positive 5 is a myth. I’m pro-medication mind you, but I’m also pro-reason. The reasoning here is filled with inconsistencies, bias and outright misinformation (eg debunked “chemical imbalance” theories)

[EdwardDiego]

It was an attempt at an analogy to explain to people without ADHD who get high from Ritalin why people with ADHD don't get high from correctly dosed medicine.

If you've a better one, please do share.