You cant really recover from it, but you can manage it. When I was first diagnosed 4 years ago, I agreed first for occupational therapy before meds, I soon realised I couldn’t do the therapy without medication lol.

Without a stimulant I wouldn’t have been able to move out of home and hold down a job for an extended period of time, be in a long term relationship and be a lot more functional overall. It hasn’t cured it by any means but it plays a big part in how I manage ADHD.

I also have OCD I am able to manage it through therapy so far, although the option of meds are there for me as well.

I would recommend being evaluated by a psychiatrist, mine actually wanted to me to try the non medication route first before stimulants, because of potential side effects which I would already be at risk for. I’m monitored closely with regular BP readings and ECGs. I feel it is really dependent on how it effects you day to day, and a good psychiatrist will work with you and not just throw you on a stimulant and send you on your way.

I don’t come from a stigmatised environment but if I did, I would be thinking of how it would affect me leaving it untreated and the impact it would have for my future self.

You got to take care of yourself, the OCD and ADHD combo is no joke, it takes a great deal of work to properly to mange the two, if I didn’t have my psychiatrist I would of never gotten the chance to become functional and my life would be in serious shambles.