I have ADHD. I haven't smoked marijuana and wrote code in years (smoked && write code), but I have before. It generally just slows me down. In the beginning (pe

I have ADHD. I haven't smoked marijuana and wrote code in years (smoked && write code), but I have before. It generally just slows me down. In the beginning (peek high), it makes code seem more exciting, but once the high wears off, I lose focus. I've drank alcohol while doing system administration work. For example, I recently was migrating my web application to a new hosting provider (Digital Ocean).It was a bunch of tedious little tasks that had no abstract thinking involved, so I had a few beers and everything went ok. As for drinking, and doing anything serious that requires me to challenge myself, no, alcohol or marijuana do not help. I'm prescribed Dexmethylphenidate, and that really helps me be productive while coding.