> I just spend all of my time on HN and youtube on my unmedicated days. The first times I tried stimulants, after 2-3 hours of euphoric productivity, the effec

> I just spend all of my time on HN and youtube on my unmedicated days. The first times I tried stimulants, after 2-3 hours of euphoric productivity, the effects would wear off but the residual stimulation would be enough to make me continue working and I would always think "hey, I can do this no problem without the stimulants, I just need to push over the hump", but never seemed to work. A few years in, and yes, I can do without stimulants on easy tasks, but not really on complex stuff. I also can drive wile not on stimulants and not be a complete nervous mess afterwards, which is a big permanent gain for me. Also the "OMG, OMG, I'm so screwed by this messup at work, they're going to find me, things are going to crash because of it" changed to "it's going to be ok, things always work out in the end"