>>35055626
went from a dead end neet to back in school, clubs, and a job

its pretty incredible. it made me exceptionally effective productivity wise and improved my mental health management. does cause some issues with my self control tho, easily 10x horny. currently 4 years on meds.

>>35055661
Good for you

>>35055665
Amphetamines?

i'm still in the process of finding the right medication, i am already hyper active as is, and the meds i have taken so far are making me even more restless, but i do notice that my brain fog is gone and i can focus better. also helps that i am getting anti depressants now as part of my diagnosis

>>35055670
i take adderall yea. 30mg XR and 10mg IR every day

>>35055665
>10x horny. currently 4 years on meds.
So you're been 10x hornier for four years? How do you manage that

>>35055811
my experience with ADHD is what i can only describe as a "self-destruction dopamine seeking behavior loop". I've found that High frequency weight training mixed with taking full advantage of post nut clarity helps avoid that behavior.
Also, lots of therapy.

>>35055626
It's a scam. ADHD is just an excuse for lazy retards and the meds don't even work I took them for my lazy retard adhd disorder, I went from being a jobless loser with a messy home to being gainfully employed, keep a nice home and even got a wife and kids now. what a total rip off

>>35056332
big pharma just wants you to have a good job with a steady home life so you'll be able to afford their meds, disgusting really

>>35056623
Tell me about it. They stole my life with their scam drugs. I used to be somebody, I used to wake up at 5pm and sleep at 3am masturbating to porn folders, having cigarettes for dinner and sleep for breakfast in my shit hole apartment cluttered with beer cans. Now I have been reduced to what? A tidy and organized functional worker and a family man? Its snake oil evil shit

What's the best way to test if I have ADHD? Should I set up a lot of those local tests like SART and make them hardcore?
Then ask AI to analyze the results?

I would like to do a personal first pass before paying so much for the consultations.

>>35055626
By far the best decision I have ever made. Feels like that movie limitless. I cant even imagine how shit my life would be if I hadnt started them.

>>35057223
You take stimulants and if you feel relaxed and calm you have ADHD

>>35057420
not necessarily, that's not always the case, different meds work differently for different people.

>>35055626
Got diagnosed in my late 20s, tried the natural route for nearly a decade prior to that (diet,sleep,exercise,supplements,etc).
Only reason I stuck to those was because they had immediate benefits.

Anyways, here’s my experience:
Pros
>Able to delay gratification/better impulse control
>Brain isn’t as noisy
>Short-term memory is much better
>Much less anxious
>Better focus
>Better task initiation+tasks feel easier
>emotional regulation improved/better mood
Cons
>Basically none right now for me but that wasn’t always the case

I’m currently on guanfacine (a non-stimulant). Don’t think it does much for most adults, but it’s damn near perfect for me.
Also tried stimulants (methylphenidate), but didn’t see the point in continuing once I realized I could reap 90% of its benefits from guanfacine alone without any side effects.

tl;dr
>would probably still be a hikineet rotting away if not for adhd meds

>>35055626
i take 70mg vyvanse every day and its made my life so much better. ama

>>35055626
Most productive month of the last twenty years was trying vyvanse, unfortunately all the meds I’ve taken seem to raise my blood pressure to the point it’s actually dangerous, resting was like 180/110 and I spiked over 200, so I had to stop taking them. Really wish I could have continued. Adderall completely killed my ability to get boners though, which absolutely sucked.

>>35057560
what dose of vyvanse were you on?

>>35057566
Highest I got was 40 I think?

>>35057420
Most retarded thing I've read. Found this board via find.4chan.org, didn't expect anything yet I'm let down.

made me poop

>>35057610
maybe trial 20mg again

>>35057898
I did, basically any dose had the same result after a week, I seem to be abnormally sensitive to them.

>>35057497
How long did it take for the giants one to start working for you? I’ve been taking it for about a week, 2mg, and have felt no effects, good or bad. Trying to get off stims since over time for me the negative effects have significantly outweighed the positive.

>>35058891
>giants one
Guanfacine, jfc. Last time I try to phonepost

>>35055626
Took adderall XR last year and made me a functional person for the first time in my life. Had to switch off because I started getting bad depressive crashes when they wore off. Tried the IR ones but half the time they don't even work, could chalk it up to shitty generics. Been taking Vyvanse for awhile but realized it just makes me feel like an overstimulated crackhead and can't get anything done no matter the dose.

Now I'm trying to get guanfacine Intuniv with Adderall XR but my psych keeps prescribing the Tenex one and makes me feel like shit whenever I take it. If this combo doesn't work for me Concerta seems like my last option.

anyone over here is bpd + adhd?

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I tried to get on medication and even though I told that stupid cunt I had ADHD, she went on and said YOU HAVE ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION, and gave me a fucking antidepressant.

Anyone know any advice on getting these fucking cocksuckers to give you the meds you want? They do not charge cheap and if you get a med you don't want, they honestly truly expect you to take it for 6 months to a year to see 'what it does'

God I fucking hate psychiatrists

>>35058891
It took less than a week for the anxiety reduction and about two months for me to get to the point where I felt that I no longer needed to use stimulants. I’m currently on 2mg XR. 1mg felt like nothing and 3mg just made me tired. I’d recommend giving it at least a month or so and if you still don’t notice anything it may just be a dosage issue/bad fit.

>>35058891
>I’ve been taking it for about a week, 2mg
Guanfacine takes a few weeks to really build up in your system, but I'm not sure why you were started on such a low dosage level. My 13yo son took 2mg for a few years, but recently was upped to 3mg.

>>35058962
Sounds like you're mentally retarded, that's sad.
I sure hope I don't have ADHD as I consider it a right hemisphere impairment/retardation disease as well but you won the jackpot.

>>35059126
I've also got severe depression and anxiety disorder and a couple addictions

I hope I'm full-blown autistic or have severe ADHD. If that turns out to be true Imma weaponize this bitch.

I just started the lowest dose a month ago (20mg) vyvanse.

There was that first week I took the meds where I felt "whoa" but desu I don't really feel anything too different a month later , that being said my performance is significantly better on days that I am ON rather than OFF. It IS doing something in the background for me even if I am not feeling it so I'm gonna coast here till like the end of the month or in december.

I'm deadass kinda scared to push the doses higher but I know I'll have too to feel those week 1 feelings again, this stuff is absolutely killer on your heart long term , u are essentially borrowing years from the future to pay for productivity now. It's like some anime style curse deal that you are signing up for.

>>35060884
once you get used it it its fine. i take 70mg and my heart no longer feels like its going to explode. remember you can always titrate back down if the dose is too high

>>35060900

what did the climb feel like? from 20 to 30 , 40 etc ?

>>35060945
same at each step really, but you acclimatise to it within a week or two. i had to go off vyvanse for about a month when I had surgery and going back on 70mg was kinda crazy NGL, but I'm used to it now

Diagnosed at 32, taking 20mg Vyvanse. I no longer take psychic damage from doing normal daily tasks like the dishes or laundry. Actually get stuff done. Super energetic at the beginning of my work shift (12h shifts at a hospital) and can organize my day and put myself in a good position for when the meds eventually wear off and I can usually ride it out without too much trouble.

I was able to get off my ass long enough to put serious effort into looking at a nearby house that was for sale, and now I'm living in it, finally escaping the rental cuckworld in exchange for joining the mortgage cuckworld, but at least I don't have neighbors now.

Overall, it has been a very good thing, in spite of the side effects I get: bad headaches after crashing, increased irritability, etc. I don't increase my dosage because I don't want those to get worse. They're manageable now.

Generally, did y'alls short term memory got better?

>>35061705
yes but only because of focus, on a test like digit span, it remains the same for me, always good

>>35061705
anyone else have massive problems with long term memory? like i seriously cant remember most of my life. also i guess i have problems with short term memory as well, it really depends on if something does interest me.

>>35055666
thank you. adderall helped but what really changed everything for me was wellbutrin, which is an anti-depressant that can also used off-label for adhd or in combination with adderall. i was also depressed and wellbutrin actually gave me a more-than-survival-mode level of executive function. i pushed off trying medication for years it's one of the biggest regrets of my life.

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>>35055626
>ADHD
best case scenario:
you're normal, but our masters, in their infinite wisdom, have decided you'll make more money for them when you're stuck doing the same boring shit over and over again for 8h+ a day.
chemical dopamine acts as a harness by tricking you into believing the aforementioned task, and your daily chores, are interesting and rewarding, and worth focusing on.
do you think ADHD is a thing in hunter-gatherer societies?

worst case scenario:
you have an addictive personality and you're enjoying the dopamine rush. you're an "upper" kind of guy. at the end of the road lie meth and cocaine, they will give you (and take back hundredfold later) everything you can imagine.

>>35061861
> do you think ADHD is a thing in hunter-gatherer societies?

yes, mos def. the difference is that certain things that people with adhd struggle with are most likely not a problem in those kind of societies, and even may be an advantage, e.g. pattern recognition. it's more an issue of our modern institutionalized systems that punish children for not being able to sit still or focus on really boring monotnous tasks, instead of trying to accomodate their differences.

>>35061870
>adhD, D as in Disorder/Deficit
>is an advantage
so, no, it is not a thing

>>35061891
now you are just talking semantics, which is pretty pointless, it's not like we disagree, if anything, you are making a point about modern society, so am i. people back then werent all that different. does not matter if the label did exist or not, the thing it describes most likely did exist, no matter what you call it.

how does one get diagnosed ?

>>35062105
psychiatrist or in Australia some gp's can. psychologists can also diagnose but they can't prescribe

carries me in the days i need to study before a major exam

>>35055626
Turned me into a literal demon. Stay away from that shit.

>>35055626
Could you just take street speed in 20-30mg doses? It's hard to get a diagnosis here especially as an adult, getting meds is even harder and they only do methylphenidate here, no amphetamines.

>>35066256
absolutely do not do this. speed, which is just dex, is usually cut to buggery with all sorts of adulterants. additionally, a 30mg dose of dex is actually insanely high. methylphenidate is alright, which country are you in?

>>35055626

Late diagnosed inattentive ADHD with OCD/GAD/MDD here. I started taking ADHD this year and I also need advice. Wellburtin didn’t do much for me. Adderall with wellbutrin felt like an engine without a stick shift with no breaks and I decided wasn’t for me because my OCD basically powers the motivation for me to do shit at the expense of my mental health (it’s a shit combo that sounds balanced on paper but makes me useless irl, Zoloft is the only thing that helps me stay stable and not OCD spiral). I had more problems with multitasking and task switching. So I switched to Atomoxitine from recommendations on Reddit and it did feel a lot better mood wise and awareness wise but now if I miss a dose I can’t stop eating even after a month of not taking it. It fucked up my hunger cues since I used to not eat and go most of the day without eating. I still ended up losing my job while trying to get adjusted to the meds to help with my issues. What medications would anyone recommend if it seems like everything from tasks, to errors on papers, to even prioritization seems impossible? I probably have to switch job environments (was in healthcare and administration) but the only place I was successful was academia.

>>35055626
Got diagnosed earlier this year (I'm 33), started taking 20mg of Vyvanse in May and am now at 40mg daily.

The first time taking it and the first week its pretty insane but it levels out over about a few weeks.

Pros:
>More energy generally
>Easier to remain focused on tasks
>Doesn't feel as bad doing regular day to day stuff (cleaning dishes, laundry, cooking etc)

Negatives:
>Major appetite and thirst suppression where I can go 12-14 hours without feeling hungry and don't want to eat
>Some issues staying hard and takes way longer to cum during sex / cant cum at all sometimes
>Due to better focus time management can sometimes be hard as I focus so much I don't know how much time is passing
>If I skip a day the day after I feel quite tired even if I take my dose that day

Overall its a net positive for me and people have noticed the difference (at work). I'm debating going up in dose as now its kind of hard to tell that its doing anything specific.

I know its doing stuff kind of silently but I'd need to not take it for a week or two to see how much its really affecting me.

What treatment worked better for you guys? pills? therapy?

>>35068415
you either do pills and therapy or just therapy. i dont think it's a good idea to just take pills and think this will fix all your problems.

>>35055626
I WANT TO FUCK EVERYTHING. I take my amphetamines and just want to go home and touch myself thinking about inappropriate relations with unavailable people, or about me being forced to suck a huge guy's cock while I'm feminized and fucked by my domme.

I can pay attention good tho

>>35066834
You retard, it's the only option in many places

I tried to see the doctor to get this diagnosis and medicine to try and help but the doctor flaked out on the referral

>>35068415
i'm in therapy and it only does so much. Mainly saves you from spilling your sperghetti to whoever's around to your ruin because you can save it for that appointment. I need some medicine I don't feel right.

>>35066834
I am somewhere in Eastern Europe. Couldn't you acetone wash it and try a lower dose? AFAIK It's mostly cut with harmless stuff like caffeine which I drink a ton of anyway, unless they started putting some research chemicals in it. Or do you mean leftover chemicals from amphetamine made in a bathtub somewhere? Speed is very common and cheap here, I don't even know if psychoactive adulterants cheaper than speed exist. I could only get a prescription through a private clinic here which costs a ton, has a long waiting time and there is no guarantee they would give it to me. My life isn't even too bad technically, I have coping mechanisms and am "smart" enough to get by, I just feel like I am wasting so much of my time and potential in a scatterbrained daze. Medicating with stimulants is the only thing I haven't tried.

>>35069587
>>35069185
methylphenidate is still an option

anyone else feel like it's all their fault and it's been laziness since they were about 15

>>35070826
Me and I were just reflecting on this
I'm now trying to figure out if I can blame ADHD, but it feels morally wrong because all my life I felt deep in my bones that it was always my bad choices, my laziness, bad habits, and lack of good ones. When I was around 15, and even younger, I could vividly remember all the bad choices and was hyper-aware of how they cascaded into more negatives.

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>>35070878
in the short term this month i screwed up my atomoxetine schedule again

>>35055626
>take speed
>irresistible urge to fap for 5 hours straight
this shit is the devil
at least cocaine makes me want to go out and chat up some women

>>35071067
I have never taken a stimulant in my life. Didn't even care about ADHD until recently. I knew it existed, but only as a buzzword.
So I have no idea if it would work lol.
Done a shitload of drugs, but just everything else except stimulants.

>>35071118
Maybe you all read about that and you mentally induce that now.

>>35071118
i just want to clean or do chores. just don't fap ez

>>35071118
It eventually stops after a handful of months the urge to jerk off wears off and you become restless and you are forced to find something productive to do instead. I relate a lot though the first months of ADHD meds felt like my dick was on fire and no amount of sex or fapping could quench it

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>>35071123
it's not a stimulant

sofar it just makes me do double-takes on stuff i "don't wanna do" every time like, oh idk "youre not brushing your teeth again go back" and then I actually do, but this hasn't gotten me over my block of homework. Kinda pissed I haven't been consistently on it for a year cuz le government thinks I'm too unstable to take it again til now, cuz I already had a prescription this exact time last year that they took me off of after the cops/hospital thought I was bipolar.

My 'Regrets' are still like, 'damn i coulda been a successful artist and musician by now.' but ofc, it's MORE immoral to think that

How did it affect your sleep?

Question you that successfully got diagnosis and meds did you use tele-health virtual appointments or go to an office?

>>35072685
I have never brushed my teeth, and neither has my mom. I know now that ADHD is genetic... could I really have ADHD?
I did an IQ test, and it came back at 145, so I guess I can mask symptoms to some extent, but my life has been in the shitter nonetheless. I have grand ideas, grand plans, but I never follow up.
I just always find multiple topics to pursue endlessly, and I never get cognitively tired... In retrospect, some very veyr close friends always told me that there's something strange about me, that I can find a topic and I go into it more extreme than they could even dream, like I really go deeper and deeper, and they could tell from my progress (sometimes it was their domain) via casual talks.

God, I wonder if I have ADHD... but I'm just never in the mood to find out about it...

>>35072723
if you're talking to me you're supposed to take atomoxetine in the morning but it doesn't really do anything as extreme as caffeine

>>35073205
brush your teeth dude

>>35072762
Got denied for like two years in-person. Telehealth got me Adderall in a fucking week. FUCK Kaiser Permanente, that is all.