Yup, I picked them up today. Tomorrow is my first dosage.

In my mid 20s I was told I was too high functioning for meds. That was a long time ago in a very conservative area that doesn't in general believe in mental illness.

I've been quite successful without them. I'm an executive as an example. But this job I'm struggling more than I have in decades, in some ways I feel like I'm in my early 20s again.

With some encouragement from the ADHD community here I gave it a go. The first provider wasn't helpful at all. The second one, bingo!

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Be aware of what you're doing when your meds kick in. They can sometimes cause you to hyperfocus on the wrong thing.

This part is really important. I had depression & ADHD. Was off both meds for awhile then started seeing a doc again. They only treated the ADHD. So sometimes I’d be thinking about how crappy things are and then the meds would kick in and that’s what I’d be hyperfocused on: how much I hated the world and myself and I would spiral and spiral. That was the closest I’ve come to ending it all.

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