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If your ADHD manifests in being quiet and focused vs very social as the extremes, then you got hit very mild

• tonyarkles 4y ago
  I think the punchline is that they can be "quiet and focused" when they take Methylphenidate and social/reckless/fun when they don't. That was the problem for me before I was diagnosed and medicated. I wanted so badly to be able to be quite and focused, but it was practically impossible to do it through will. Sometimes I would get lucky and something would catch my interest (hyperfocus), but most of the time I was all over the damned place.
  • Waterluvian 4y ago
    Right?! I take amphetamines to quiet down and focus. And it’s just the best, warmest feeling ever… being able to sit for literally hours and read or do work. Sometimes I weep, it’s so liberating. Like I honestly thought people who said they could read a book in a single day were just liars. But I did it once!!!
    • grhappl 4y ago
      Know what you mean, I was astounded when I took my first dose. It was like the usual relentless mind-noise had switched itself off, and I could just get on with stuff.