I made a post on here a while ago saying how uncanny the posts were to describing me near perfectly. I struggled with this disorder for 30 years. Nerfing myself for 30 years. Not being the best husband to my wife for 6 years. Not the best father to my son for nearly 2 years. All without knowing it.
I have now been on 20mg XR Adderall for a little over 3 months - it has been absolutely life changing.
I'm more attentive. Things are much more easily committed to memory. Menial tasks no longer feel like a huge burden anymore. I can actually read a page in a book I'm interested in without completely forgetting what I've read by the end of the page. I've had a small, but annoying headache for years every single day - chalked it up to genetics as my mom has a disorder than can cause the same thing. The headaches are gone. I can only assume they were brought on by the stress.
Gang, if you're at all considering you might have some form of ADD/ADHD, please go see your doctor. I had a thousand reasons why I didn't want to/need to go beforehand, but I'm so very glad I finally did.
Sadly, my blood pressure won't allow me to take the XR anymore. I had the same benefits while I could though.
Definitely worth a try if you can.
I did start on non-XR but it was out of my system by 2:30ish if I took it first thing. My dad has high blood pressure so I'm hoping that won't become an issue for me as well.
The ones without amphetamines might be a way to go? Evidently they're more hit or miss.
Yeah... I'm starting on a non-stim now. I hope it works