[aorth]

Can confirm. I'm an American male and was diagnosed with ADHD in elementary school in the mid 1990s. I took Ritalin, Adderall, and Concerta for something like seven years. It totally changed my personality and suppressed my appetite, but I did do very well in school for awhile (advanced placement classes etc).

High school sucks and everything is weird and I was depressed at some point. Eventually I decided on my own to stop taking the medication and it was like I woke up. I started enjoying life, surfing, going to concerts, being creative, etc. I've also traveled all around the world since then and been very successful.

I don't think I'd change anything about my experience, but in retrospect I think I was probably misdiagnosed. Also it's important to realize that everyone is different and we need to try to accept that.

[hnuser1234]

Dude holy shit. I wish I could've woke up. I woke up a tiny bit, but I'm still mostly subdued by all the negative thoughts that crept in while I was taking it. These sold-for-profit pills took my adult body away. I can't believe nobody is seeing through this, but big pharma seems to have an incredible PR arm. You can't find discussion of these drugs without someone singing the same old praises, and I have a hard time believing it every time when it was such a definitively HARMFUL experience.