Oh man when I got diagnosed with ADHD, in my late 30s, and then got prescribed a stimulant…first adderal, then Vyvanse, and tried concerta, now back to Vyvanse…it was like a light switch.
A sudden realization that holy shit, the light was off the whole damn time. Now I can see what I am doing.
I wish I had it 30 years prior. It’s like playing a challenging game and getting to the midpoint before realizing it was on hard mode all along. Normal mode is still difficult but at least you got some more stamina. Easy mode is only available through pre-release genetic lottery.
I feel roughly the same way about starting GLP-1 receptor agonists. Like…oh…I’m supposed to feel full after a meal? That’s new. Where was that for the past 30 years?
Looking at my kids, who are both on opposite ends of the ADHD spectrum…my oldest, like me, exhibits signs of ADHD-I and is not diagnosed…and my youngest, diagnosed ten seconds after the doctor walked in the room as ADHD-H…and I’m realizing that I’m making the same mistake my generation did in only treating the hyper one.
Oh man when I got diagnosed with ADHD, in my late 30s, and then got prescribed a stimulant…first adderal, then Vyvanse, and tried concerta, now back to Vyvanse…it was like a light switch.
A sudden realization that holy shit, the light was off the whole damn time. Now I can see what I am doing.
I wish I had it 30 years prior. It’s like playing a challenging game and getting to the midpoint before realizing it was on hard mode all along. Normal mode is still difficult but at least you got some more stamina. Easy mode is only available through pre-release genetic lottery.
I feel roughly the same way about starting GLP-1 receptor agonists. Like…oh…I’m supposed to feel full after a meal? That’s new. Where was that for the past 30 years?
Looking at my kids, who are both on opposite ends of the ADHD spectrum…my oldest, like me, exhibits signs of ADHD-I and is not diagnosed…and my youngest, diagnosed ten seconds after the doctor walked in the room as ADHD-H…and I’m realizing that I’m making the same mistake my generation did in only treating the hyper one.