I've always suffered from ADD at school, my grades were really bad. I understood everything the teacher was saying but when it came to exams it was a different

I've always suffered from ADD at school, my grades were really bad. I understood everything the teacher was saying but when it came to exams it was a different story. I couldn't study, and I failed them miserably. The worst part was that 20 years ago I didn't know about ADD nor did my parents, so the problem went unnoticed and there was no one but myself to blame. I never managed to finish reading a story for example. I was never hyper and could always focus on coding and was always self motivated. Even though I could focus on programming tasks, I realized at some point that I never finished a side project and always jumped from one side project to another. At 30 (I am 34 now), ADD hit me hard and I lost my ability to focus when coding. I decided to visit the dr about this issue and was prescribed adderral at first but I didn't like it as it made me feel euphoric for couple hours and ended up on vyvanse (30 mg) few months later. Vyvanse changed my life. And that might me an understatement. The amount of knowledge I was able to attain after getting on vyvanse is probably more than everything I've learnt. I am now able to complete my projects, read plenty of research papers and absorb what's being said and code for 8 hours straight without an issue. I am considered one of the top engineers at my job (and previous ones) and I attribute a significant part of my knowledge to vyvanse. My working memory improved significantly and I can focus and finish the most mundane tasks. I've read that many people that has ADD or signs of it get hit hard by 30 or so. I highly recommend visiting the dr and see which adhd med works best for you.