Evidence that Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is caused by too much cellular ATP?

Question

The question is pretty simple — it's just a theory that I remember my biology teacher mentioned long ago and for years now I've wondered about it without ever asking.Some people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) report "energy bursts" with the feeling of needing to explode while sitting still. Further, they report that movement, like vibrating the legs, can help suppress this feeling.Is there any reason to think that symptoms like these might come from too much ATP inside cells?

Answer 1

That's an interesting hypothesis - however, I am not aware of any evidence that this is the case. Importantly, there can be a lot of difference between cellular access to energy, like ATP, and the perception of "energy" or liveliness. a cell can never have "too much ATP”. As an individual with ADHD and who has done a lot of research on it the burst of energy is from the reward centers in out b.rain constantly seeking the dopamine we lack in. Being a leading cause of why many people with ADHD lack impulse control to give our brain what it wants brain. In a way our brain is always seeking to do something that keeps us busy because our brains our moving so fast that people talking at a normal pace feels like slow motion to us.