Comment by lubujackson
5 hours ago
It sounds like you are confusing ADHD meds, which are stimulants (basically speed) with benzos, which they give for depression/anxiety. First you have to understand what ADHD even IS, which is a lack of executive function. All that means is it is harder to know what to do out of the millions of things floating in front of your brain every second. Stimulants, which usually make people feel more wired, tend to make those with ADHD feel more calm. Because they aren't flitting between thoughts and the stimulant empowers them to have a more normal executive function to actively choose what to pay attention to.
Worth noting this feeling of calm comes solely as relief from spastic thoughts. Your body still responds in every other way as you would from taking a stimulant, and yet people feel calmer and more orderly because their baseline thoughts are so frenetic.
maybe what you're saying is true for some patients but I tried the stimulants when I was diagnosed and they just made me feel uncreative, suppressed my appetite until I was a dangerous weight, and overall felt horrible. also made my dick temporarily smaller while I was on the drug. but sure, explain to that person how their brain works. I'm sure you know better than them. And me too, I obviously made up those effects and chose to go back to being unmedicated because I'm wrong about the effects of the drugs.
and I have pretty severe ADHD, so I strongly believe the diagnosis was correct. drugs just affect people differently. GP is talking about stimulants. I experienced what they describe.
they even took away my sense of humor. I'd rather die.
not everyone experiences this. I know people who love these drugs and report none of this. but some do
Those are extremely common side effects. The benefits just make it worth it for most.
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There are non stimulant ADHD meds like strattera (snri) that seem to work very well for people that issues with the stimulant type.
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