What It’s Like To (Finally) Get Medicated for ADHD.
After going undiagnosed for most of my life, I finally got confirmation at 25, that I was indeed suffering from ADHD. I was hesitant to get medicated at first. After all Adderall is a class 2 narcotic, a form of meth, and extremely addictive. However with some nudging from my friends and various health professionals, I finally decided to give it a try. Now, I can’t believe that I went my whole life without it.
ADHD is very misunderstood, especially in women and girls. It’s not your cute, scatter-brained, manic pixie dream girl character. There’s a lot more going than just inattentiveness and distractibility.
Woman and girls are far more likely to go undiagnosed than boys and men and have a life expectancy that is 13 years shorter than their male ADHD counterparts.
ADHD sufferers have trouble with self-motivation, time management, emotional regulation problems, etc. Anything that doesn’t give an immediate reward is very hard for them to stay with. Instead of working through a problem and seeing it through to the end, ADHD people tend to quit.
“People just don’t realize ADHD is one of the most impairing disorders we treat in an adult outpatient basis. And people think it’s just some trivial…
