Yup, I picked them up today. Tomorrow is my first dosage.

In my mid 20s I was told I was too high functioning for meds. That was a long time ago in a very conservative area that doesn't in general believe in mental illness.

I've been quite successful without them. I'm an executive as an example. But this job I'm struggling more than I have in decades, in some ways I feel like I'm in my early 20s again.

With some encouragement from the ADHD community here I gave it a go. The first provider wasn't helpful at all. The second one, bingo!

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I was diagnosed at 35 and started meds at 37. None of the non stimulants worked for me, but they do work for others. For stimulants I’ve only been on lisdexamfetamine (vyvanse), but it’s worked great for me. I was at 60mg but am trying out 50 mg right now since my bp was a bit higher than ideal. I did switch to decaffeinated coffee since by I like the taste but don’t really need the caffeine I had euphoria for a day, maybe a bit on the second day, and then it became so normal I wasn’t sure it was working… until I missed some doses. When off of my dose I get more anxious and more easily overwhelmed, and I wasn’t used to it because I had been on the medication and doing better, but that wasn’t my normal state anymore when medicated!

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