I have a friend who says that pot works better for his ADHD than anything else he's ever been on. Though I doubt that MJ is a drug or a treatment option that would help in very many cases of ADHD but it does seem to help some people.

I think some of the reasons that MJ helps some people get motivated and focused is that for some people it makes them MORE aware of what the issues are in thier lives and bodies, and can cause a sort of anxiety/hyper-awareness about stuff that should be being done by the person that isn't being done, and that anxiety pushes them to do what they normaly wouldn't.

For me, in the past year and a half since I started taking meds for my Bipolar Disorder, pot has changed from something that made me giggly and "out of it" and sorta stupid, to something that I can barely handle because it makes me HYPER-AWARE of the issues in my life that I have not been taking care of. Problem for me is that it doesn't help me stay focused on one thing at a time or put me in a state where I am more able to be more effective in my life.
Yeah it will make me realize and bring to the forfront of my mind the fact that I should be exercising, that I need to get my life organized, that i need to get off opiates etc... I mean it really brings EVERYTHING I need to be doing/should be doing, into my awareness.... So it tends to overwhelm me a bit and cause some major anxiety issues if I take more than one half hit. I would say that it helps with motivation for me except that once I am stoned, well I am STONED, so I am not very effective. I get scatter brained and will start doing one thing, then get sidetracked by another. You get the idea. The only thing it really helps me with is that it has helped me at least be able to sit down and make lists of things I know I need to do in order to become a more healthy person... but beyond that it is not helpful because of the anxiety issues. Mostly it makes me worry about my health a bit too much.

I would say if the anxiety was half of what it is for me when i smoke, that I think MJ would be a very helpful tool for me as far as boosting my motivation etc. Simply because it makes me notice and think about things that are important parts of my life that I usually ignore. (Seroquel doesn't help with motivation and clarity of thought, being able to think ahead make goals etc. -it makes me pretty "out of it").

I think that smoking it a few times a week in order to get the benefit of better motivation and focus on things that usually aren't in the forefront of your mind without MJ in your system, is perfectly fine. If you start using it every day though, that's when i worry that it can start causing problems with worsening of depression and lowering motivation. Everything in moderation right? I just wish that BP meds could be used in moderation

Let me know if my theory about MJ causing a hyper-awarenesss/ anxiety sort of state of mind makes any sense to you as a reason as to why it helps you do the things you know you should be doing. I know for my older sister it seems to have this same sort of effect. She uses it to help her "keep on top of" things in her life she might otherwise let slip and become big problems... basicaly that it makes her more aware, and forces her to pay attention to the hard work that needs to be done to keep herself healthy and her life balanced. Stuff that might otherwise, without the MJ, be pushed to the back of her mind because of all the other day to day stuff that comes up in life and needs her attention.
I think it can be used as a tool for certain people because for some people it has this effect rather than the usuall sort of dissacossiative, silly giggly sort of high or the sleepy "I don't care/whatever" sort of high.