Every screening and official diagnostic I’ve taken has me scoring max ADHD points and every time someone describes a symptom I’m left confused that other people don’t have them.
Will my personality change? I feel like being a disorganized disheveled loud interrupter is most of my personality at this point idk.
I’ve never done any stimulants beyond drinking a million coffees per day so i have some anxiety about this
I don’t feel that adderall changes my personality at all. Certainly not at the low dose I take.
Concerta (a time release stimulant) gave me mood swings in high school but adderall extended release did not.
Then I tried Concerta again as an adult and the only side effect was annoyingly high amount of sweating in my feet.
annoyingly high amount of sweating in my feet
I already slip out of flip flops on a moderately warm day lmao
Medication changed my life. My personality didn’t change, I was just more able to be myself. Idk if anyone else has mentioned it yet but the analogy I like is - with ADHD some days it feels like you’re dragging a dog around on its walk and some days you feel like you’re being dragged around by the dog. But on medication, you are the dog. You can just… do things
I have a friend with ADHD who was diagnosed and started using prescription stuff later in life, predictably I think he’s a lot more evened out. When he was unable to get his prescription filled at one point, he made a joke about putting somebody through a window. They had a pretty good working relationship but it wasn’t a good thing.
I’m suspect I’m undiagnosed, but luckily some weed I’ll never be in short supply of works for whatever is going on with me. When I get a bit stoned I can focus on things things and work on them rather than think about all of them and do nothing.
My partner got diagnosed as an adult, and she’s exactly the same person on meds than off, only without the executive dysfunction
Medication changed my life for the better. It gives me the ability to stay on top of my responsibilities.
It also changes my demeanor. I personally prefer not to take it on my days off work, so that I can let it all hang out and relax fully. I like to be more “myself” on my days off. Some other people (like my partner) prefer to take medication every day.
Prescription-dosage amphetamines are so much nicer than caffeine, there’s no comparison for me. Adderall fixed my sleep schedule. Caffeine makes me anxious and jittery; ADHD medication has none of those side effects for me.
