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Challenging the common assumption about how stimulant ADHD medications work.
"Your perceived benefits of performing a demanding task are elevated, while the perceived costs are reduced. This effect is separate from any changes in actual ability."
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200319141044.htm
@theodraxis Sounds like my preference to not use such stimulants for my ADHD was a good choice. 90%+ of the time, my problem isn't motivating myself to start what I *should* be doing, it's motivating myself to stop what I *am* doing... which is usually something with a similar "big work, big reward" profile to "actual work" (eg. hobby projects) and, thus, likely to have Ritalin emphasize the benefits of continuing to work on it.
Without any drugs, I already have a pretty good track record for "If I can just motivate myself to change tasks, five minutes on the new task will turn into five hours".
It reminds me of a comment on the TV Tropes secondary pages by a contributor who took some Adderall with the intent to work on a paper and wound up spending three hours improving TV Tropes instead.