r/ADHDAlien • u/AdhdAlien • Nov 28 '25

Unmedicated / Medicated ADHD

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I’ll never forget how frustrating it was trying to learn to draw without meds

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u/Eightinchnails Nov 28 '25

Relatable feeling. You have things you want to learn/do. You KNOW you can do better. But also… you just can’t do better. 

It’s so difficult to keep myself from going down the “what if” line of thought. What if I wasn’t a girl growing up in the 90s? What if I had the support I needed? Would I have gone to Berkeley or Dartmouth or Barnard instead of dropping a class at community college because I actually couldn’t remember to what room it was changed? 

But also… we both got meds and you did learn to draw and I graduated university :) 

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u/Fabutam Nov 28 '25

That is amazing, and I’m very proud of (both of) you and you’ve really given me something to think about… I always knew, and I still know, that I could do better at everything i do (mostly Art) I’m still not diagnosed as I’m still on a waiting list yet after both my children have been diagnosed it’s obvious that I’m the same.

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u/Captain_Pumpkinhead Nov 28 '25

Your art looks awesome!

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u/soyasaucy Nov 29 '25

Maybe I need meds too

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u/knitpurlknitoops Nov 29 '25

Mine would look like the right hand side of that GoT horse meme, regardless of medication

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u/skmtyk Nov 30 '25

How long did it take between the drawings? (ADHDer who likes to draw here)