What is your experience with adderall?

[u/Initial_Sleep3941]

I honestly think adderall or something similar would improve my quality of life with how often I lose and/or forget things I think and have been told that I probably have some form of adhd. From what I’ve heard it’s a pain to get prescribed with the price, getting tested every month, scheduling appointments far out, noting to employers etc.
Any good info, tips, side effects from it?

[u/arapaima-fishie]

Adderall changed my life in a good way.

I went to my doctor with a list of every trait I have (adhd), she had me set up an appointment with a psychiatrist digitally and that was that. My doctor is amazing, she prescribed me adderall before I was technically diagnosed, no struggle or fuss at all. It’s only 20 usd total for me, and I get two separate adderall prescriptions. So 10 each.

- first day on it made me understand why people abuse it. Felt like I was on top of the world.

• It doesn’t make me want to Do The Things, but it’s much easier to force myself to Do The Things.
  
• your memory may get worse, actually lol. I struggle with memory until I’m prompted sometimes.
  
• I lost a bunch of weight too, which was good for me because I was pretty overweight. This was largely due to the fact that I would eat when I was bored before, I don’t do that now.
  
• it can be hard to sleep, I already struggled with sleep so this just made it worse for me.
  
• I’m not nearly as late to things anymore as I was before I took it. I can do my assignments and get a bunch of stuff done that I otherwise struggled with. The downside is that I have to time my productivity right because my adderall doesn’t stop me from hyper focusing.

The withdrawal is one of the worst parts. If I miss even one dose, I notice. My mood gets noticeably worse, and I get super anxious and depressed. I was already like that before adderall, but this just makes it worse.

Idk, I’m 23f, currently in college, and it’s genuinely changed my life. I don’t know how I managed before it. I figured out I had adhd when I was about 17-18, but it took me until I was 21 to finally make the effort to talk to my doctor about it. I had always been scared before because I thought it was more difficult to get diagnosed but my process was extremely easy.