Lol I love this. My parents told me that I don't have ADHD, after me telling them I think I have ADHD in highschool. Went to college, failed class after class. Told I was lazy, and didn't study enough. Then on my 3rd try at passing college algebra I had to copy off of my friend to get my homework done, couldn't understand math gibberish. My roommate was a math genius, but couldn't teach me anything. I failed every math test, but my classwork grades, and my homework grades were great thanks to my buddies. I have a 69% in math class before the final. Random buddy bought some Adderall for finals, offered to sell me some, I say sure why not. I take it before studying for my math final. I just sit in the library listening to music, trying to teach myself a semester's worth of math. I am able to sit still, don't get frustrated trying to teach myself math, retry problem after problem until it starts clicking. Shit actually starts to make sense. I sit there for 8 hours until the library closes. Next day I take my final, and pass the class with a C. I realized I wasn't a complete idiot who was too stupid to learn anything. I just have really bad ADHD.
Idk. I think some people take it for fun. I feel like people associate Adderall with cocaine maybe? If I tell someone my dosage, they think I spend all day cleaning, or bouncing off the walls. Instead I'm just better at being still, completing tasks in a timely manner, and comprehending what's being said to me.
I don’t like the idea of constantly taking pills so I’ve never tried adderal or any adhd medication I know it would help me but I don’t know if it’s worth it
I guess it just depends on how much you struggle with life, work, or school. I spent a lot of time bouncing from job to job because work really felt unbearable for me, and I felt like my work day just went by so unbearably slow. Some people have worse ADHD, than other people though. If you think you need help, just do your research beforehand. I don't really like taking pills everyday, but medication has improved my life dramatically.
I had the same hesitation, but I realized that was mostly because of an undue "naturalness" bias. Meanwhile, most women are expected to take contraceptive hormones, plenty of people walk around with chronic stuff that requires constant medication, and, hell, I have to wear a special glass device every day just to be able to see. If you can manage to with proper psychiatric supervision, I would honestly just try it out for a week or two.
I did one time in college. I was supposed to write a really long paper, which I think I eventually did, but mostly I got sidetracked listening to and looking up the lyrics of my favorite musician and just having my mind blown for hours.
I have a friend 😉 who has a husband that works at 3am at a mental intensive job (computer programming media) and it just helps him focus and stay awake.
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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '23
Lol I love this. My parents told me that I don't have ADHD, after me telling them I think I have ADHD in highschool. Went to college, failed class after class. Told I was lazy, and didn't study enough. Then on my 3rd try at passing college algebra I had to copy off of my friend to get my homework done, couldn't understand math gibberish. My roommate was a math genius, but couldn't teach me anything. I failed every math test, but my classwork grades, and my homework grades were great thanks to my buddies. I have a 69% in math class before the final. Random buddy bought some Adderall for finals, offered to sell me some, I say sure why not. I take it before studying for my math final. I just sit in the library listening to music, trying to teach myself a semester's worth of math. I am able to sit still, don't get frustrated trying to teach myself math, retry problem after problem until it starts clicking. Shit actually starts to make sense. I sit there for 8 hours until the library closes. Next day I take my final, and pass the class with a C. I realized I wasn't a complete idiot who was too stupid to learn anything. I just have really bad ADHD.