Comment by 71a54xd
2 years ago
I have ADHD and unapologetically take adderall.
Yes, there's a stigma but there's also about a 6x improvement in my mood and ability to stay focused on a single task after I take 5mg. I've never developed dependency and generally only take it 3-4 times a week. I've also never really had to increase the dose.
This came after two diagnosis from neuropsychiatrists both reaching the same conclusion.
Being diagnosed at 22 I'm glad I wasn't prescribed adderall as a teen but I loathe how much more I could have achieved in college seeing how much more capable I am now.
I acknowledge it's probably not great for my heart health - but I was so depressed about how I was unable to get anything done or focus on studying before that I'd always make this tradeoff.
I'm in the same boat -- same age of diagnosis, same qualms, etc..
I am at the point in my life, a decade later, where I couldn't care less if there are longterm harmful effects.
1. I'm sure my unmedicated life would have continued to be equally unhealthy in different ways.
2. It's not like old age is sunshine in rainbows. I rather die in my 60s or 70s from a heart attack, with dignity, than live long enough to slowly watch everything and everyone I ever experienced dissipate from my mind until I am husk of a human being due Alzheimer's or Dementia.
Glad I'm not the only one who's had this experience!