> Both Ritalin and Adderall are dopamine reuptake inhibitors. Methylphendiate (Ritalin) is a dopamine reuptake inhibitor, to be certain: it binds to and blocks both dopamine and norepinephrine reputake inhibitors. It's…
>Something to consider is that your brain is already messed with, so the use of drugs might be needed to un-mess it Absolutely. I came to this conclusion after a few months of therapy and reading several books about…
Came back to add: I understand what you mean about hearing everything! It's odd, because often I have to ask people to repeat themselves, but it's not because I have a hard time hearing. My 5th grade teacher even had me…
You're welcome, and good luck. It took about a month from diagnosis to beginning medication- my psychiatrist wanted to look into my previous hospital stay, have conversations with my therapist: there was definitely an…
Get help! It's hard. It is really, really hard. But ultimately worth it. I neglected to mention that for a good five years or so I experimented with just about anything I could get my hands on: research hallucinogens…
> Normally, I'd have a ghostly music video running in my head just below the level of consciousness. Thoughts darting, snippets of music, visuals. All that was just gone and I was just there. Kind of like a flow state…
You're welcome. Good luck! Seeking professional help was a very difficult step for me. It meant facing a lot of things about myself that I really didn't want to. Please keep in mind that if you are diagnosed ADHD:…
[throwaway, because I still don't feel comfortable attaching my ADHD to my online and real life persona] It's been a long road to medication for me. I was sexually assaulted as a child. My parents divorced when I was a…
> Both Ritalin and Adderall are dopamine reuptake inhibitors. Methylphendiate (Ritalin) is a dopamine reuptake inhibitor, to be certain: it binds to and blocks both dopamine and norepinephrine reputake inhibitors. It's…
>Something to consider is that your brain is already messed with, so the use of drugs might be needed to un-mess it Absolutely. I came to this conclusion after a few months of therapy and reading several books about…
Came back to add: I understand what you mean about hearing everything! It's odd, because often I have to ask people to repeat themselves, but it's not because I have a hard time hearing. My 5th grade teacher even had me…
You're welcome, and good luck. It took about a month from diagnosis to beginning medication- my psychiatrist wanted to look into my previous hospital stay, have conversations with my therapist: there was definitely an…
Get help! It's hard. It is really, really hard. But ultimately worth it. I neglected to mention that for a good five years or so I experimented with just about anything I could get my hands on: research hallucinogens…
> Normally, I'd have a ghostly music video running in my head just below the level of consciousness. Thoughts darting, snippets of music, visuals. All that was just gone and I was just there. Kind of like a flow state…
You're welcome. Good luck! Seeking professional help was a very difficult step for me. It meant facing a lot of things about myself that I really didn't want to. Please keep in mind that if you are diagnosed ADHD:…
[throwaway, because I still don't feel comfortable attaching my ADHD to my online and real life persona] It's been a long road to medication for me. I was sexually assaulted as a child. My parents divorced when I was a…