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As someone who was diagnosed in my 30s, used medication for about eight years, then got off of it for about three years, I'm going to offer another viewpoint. I

As someone who was diagnosed in my 30s, used medication for about eight years, then got off of it for about three years, I'm going to offer another viewpoint. I am grateful for the clarity I got with the meds, but something always felt off and I definitely talked too much. I finally decided to get back off meds, and my anxiety really subsided. By that time, I had built a pretty effective external structure of calendar, reminders, etc. to handle the ADHD aspects of my brain, but without the anxiety to also deal with (which ramped up my ADHD exponentially), the ADHD is totally manageable and I don't feel so out of sorts and, for lack of a better term, "domesticated" into being what corporate America thinks they want. I get along just fine, and I attribute a lot of that to finding a job I enjoy and having a boss who is patient with my unpredictable, but important contributions.

zamnos 4y ago
Anxiety is really the crux of it. My psych prescribing anti-anxiety meds was life changing!
zamnos 4y ago
If you've been on medication, and know the effects of it on you well, and you're able to put systems in place to overcome the shortcomings this legally recognized disability has afflicted you with (as well as the blessings), then absolutely be off medication as you please. Tis your life to live! But for those that haven't been on medication for extended periods, or even just tried medication at all, for whatever reason, be it fear pushed by anti-medication zealots, or an inability to access it; for those that are tired of their life failing for reasons that everybody else seems to just be able to do, medication is, sometimes literally, a lifesaver.
- prometheus76 4y ago
  Yes, I agree with you. I am grateful for the short-term stability I gained from the meds so that I could get things straightened out and back on track, but after awhile, the juice wasn't worth the squeeze, and everything seems to be going pretty well without them.

zamnos 4y ago

Anxiety is really the crux of it. My psych prescribing anti-anxiety meds was life changing!

zamnos 4y ago

If you've been on medication, and know the effects of it on you well, and you're able to put systems in place to overcome the shortcomings this legally recognized disability has afflicted you with (as well as the blessings), then absolutely be off medication as you please. Tis your life to live! But for those that haven't been on medication for extended periods, or even just tried medication at all, for whatever reason, be it fear pushed by anti-medication zealots, or an inability to access it; for those that are tired of their life failing for reasons that everybody else seems to just be able to do, medication is, sometimes literally, a lifesaver.

prometheus76 4y ago
Yes, I agree with you. I am grateful for the short-term stability I gained from the meds so that I could get things straightened out and back on track, but after awhile, the juice wasn't worth the squeeze, and everything seems to be going pretty well without them.