Dr. Alok Kanojia (Dr. K)

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1,658 appearances 5 recordings 3 series first heard Sep 2025 last heard 27 May

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HealthyGamerGG · How Psychedelics Unlock Your Brain’s “Edit Mode” · 13 Oct 2025 podcast

Without my Adderall, I can't do anything.

And with my Adderall, I become a completely different human being and I can accomplish a lot.

So the subjective benefit of Adderall seems to be very high for people.

But if you look at studies, how much does Adderall improve your actual concentration?

On average, if you do meta-analyses of studies, it leads to a 30% improvement in ADHD symptoms.

Compare that.

with psychotherapy.

So psychotherapy over the course of one year, if you really stick with it, improves ADHD symptoms by about 69%, right?

So it is more than twice as effective as stimulant medication.

But if you ask someone, how much does psychotherapy help you?

How much does Adderall help you?

There is a subjective difference in how much people think it helps them.

So if I give someone a year of psychotherapy, they're going to be 70% better in relation to their ADHD.

If I give someone Adderall, they're going to be 30% better with their ADHD.

But if I ask someone, how much better are you?

The Adderall person will say, I am way better.

I'm like 100% better.

And the psychotherapy person will say, I'm about maybe 50, 30, 70% better.

They'll say something like that.

And that's because we have this bias in our brain where the speed of something working increases the magnitude of the effect.

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