Avoiding medication purely because of the stigma and not because of any of your own concerns from your own research is short sighted, imho. That being said, as

Avoiding medication purely because of the stigma and not because of any of your own concerns from your own research is short sighted, imho. That being said, as I mention in another comment, there are valid reasons to be cautious with ADHD medication. And as for the stigma, I am very careful about who I talk to about my ADHD in real life. A few of my coworkers know, my boss knows, and a couple of my friends and family members. I discovered very quickly that ADHD itself has a pretty bad stigma, let alone the medication. Everyone thinks you just want to get high. So, I just don't talk about it anymore, even though I so often want to explain to someone that the reason I did something rude (like interrupt them 5 times in 10 minutes) is because I'm ADHD and my medication has worn off, ha.