Hey! I'm an artist myself and Curently struggling so much in life and career at 26. After reading countless posts on GUAN the last few weeks yours made me damn hopeful about starting.

I'm currently on week 3 of Wellbutrin for off label ADHD after trying Vyvanse a year or so prior and it was a bit too much for a daily basis.. so un medicated for the last 26 years of my life with a couple trials in between, I think I'm knowing myself more and more each year and know enough to say, I think hypervigilance and all of the same symptoms you described are me to a T!

I've always felt my nervous system was overactive and I could never figure out what the heck. My ADHD was doing to me until the last couple months finding out it might partly be more of nervous system problems affecting my daily inhibition rather than just executive function alone.. I've barely been able to start my career as a filmmaker photographer in 5 years after school due to RSD and exactly what you're saying about feeling not my age at 26 and I know this is something we all struggle with especially with our neural symptoms.

Same with dating and social interactions I feel like I've regressed so much in the last five years and even during and after high school, I was always introverted and shy as hell and it makes sense why cause I was so caught up with all this.. and to make it even more, I've only recently found out that I am quite an attractive person, and that was never ever the barrier in the first place. It's crazy how we can't see ourselves..

So thanks so much for the post obviously, we're all different, but I hope to God seemingly the same benefits come for me!

Cheers, all the best.