> I've tried my GF's meds once to see what it was (and using medication is one of the diagnosis tools they use); Medication is a useful diagnosis tool, because

> I've tried my GF's meds once to see what it was (and using medication is one of the diagnosis tools they use); Medication is a useful diagnosis tool, because the effects when it helps can be utterly profound. For me it was like I’d fully woken up for the first time in my life. My body physically calmed down, and I went from spending the majority of my idle time daydreaming to being calm and present in the world. Please don’t take other peoples pills though, they’re tightly controlled usually with no buffer. If you take someones pill, that means they’ll have to reduce or skip a day. Imagine stealing someones reading glasses for a day—they’re gonna have to persist and deal with the possible migraine/eye pain. > I found myself focusing and intetionally task switching for about two hours (that and palpitations), but I wouldn't say they "help"ed me. You don’t need them. What you experienced is not what your GF experiences. If you put on someone else’s prescription glasses, would you complain that they didn’t help you? > It shouldn't be a rat race. Everyone I know on stimulants for ADHD (myself included) would agree that the stimulants help them escape feeling they’re in a rat race. A trait of ADHD is know precisely what needs to be done, and being incapable of making it happen. Medication helps with that. It’s not a cure. It doesn’t fix everything. It just makes some things easier.