ADHD medication has different effects on people, and you’ll know very quickly what it’s effect is on you. Furthermore, it does not make me spaced out or zombie

ADHD medication has different effects on people, and you’ll know very quickly what it’s effect is on you. Furthermore, it does not make me spaced out or zombie like, nor does it make me strung out. It simply calms my brain down so I can actually focus on the problem at hand, rather than the opposite of that, with my brain flitting back and forth with other thoughts. I don’t take it on a day when I’m being creative or brainstorming, because the lateral thinking required does that is actually something ADD helps, but I take it when I have to get something done. Take it from a guy who has had ample coping mechanisms, got a CS degree from MIT, founded and sold a security startup, etc.; all of those coping mechanisms worked, but got much easier once I accepted the ADD and found the right meds. It only made me more productive and a better contributing member of the team. YMMV, but I suspect your assumptions about how it affects people are very wrong.