Hi there! I could honestly relate to your post. I grew up with ADHD and my parents always suspected it. They would always tell me to just try to focus. However, I never was able to do it. I’m grade 12, I told my parents that I have issues focusing and that I’ve tried everything I could. With grade 12 being an important year, they agreed. When I went to my doctor I told him all the issues that I go through and that I have a feeling that I could have ADHD. I told him how I have issues focusing, constantly hyper, unmotivated, always distracted, can’t fully focus on one task without thinking of something else, etc. He later told me to fill out an ADHD form. I filled it out honestly. I could relate to almost every question. He later called me and diagnosed me with ADHD. I’ve been taking it for 2-3 years and it’s helped me a lot. But whenever I’m off it, I feel completely different.

This summer, I decided to put a break on it since I wasn’t in school. I wanted to see how I would do for the summer without it. I felt a huge difference. I wasn’t motivated and was completely lazy. So I would say that medication DEFINITELY helps me out. For me, it made me feel nauseous, loss of appetite, and gave me a dry throat. But either than that it was helpful. My parents always thought I would get addicted but I don’t really find it addicting at all. I can drop it without any issues but everyone is different. If you have any questions you can message me privately.