Have you considered trialing medication? ADHD medication is among the most effective brain-targeted medication known to medical science. Both methylphenidate and amphetamine-based drugs have a 90% effectiveness rate.
I would love to see how effectiveness was determined. I've seen that stat thrown around here and there, and I find it dubious at best. Even if true, that means 10% of people will find medications ineffective. Sure, there are non-stimulants, but there is a reason they aren't used first, and that would still mean there is an x% of people that are treatment-resistant.
I know that goes for every disease, but the internet likes to paint ADHD medications for ADHD people like it's a literal cure-all.
In regards to stimulant efficacy, I would love to see the effectiveness rate over a time span greater than a few months to a year. I would like to see 10 and 20 year long studies (I understand the difficulties).
Anecdotally, the medications help, but I would consider them to be like a low dosage of painkillers for a burn victim -- better than nothing.
I have and I do use it, and it helps me a lot. But it still feels like there's an underlying laziness to myself. Maybe I should try other medication because I sort of stuck with the first one I tried, and only trialed the doses after that
There are so many to choose from now and some really ingenious delivery systems. For instance, Concerta is a plastic pill surrounded by a hard dose of MPH (methylphenidate). The outer shell of MPH burns off in your stomach providing an immediate dose of the medication. And inside the plastic capsule, there is more MPH in a liquid form. The inner liquid MPH slowly leaks out by osmosis via a tiny hole in the plastic inner shell.
How anyone thought of this and made it actually work is mind boggling.
The article you linked seems to be talking about how two generic versions of Concerta were pulled because they were not found to be bio equivalent to the name brand medication.
The approved ADHD medications are highly effective and this has been shown through a great deal of well conducted research both by the companies and by independent researchers.
I know that goes for every disease, but the internet likes to paint ADHD medications for ADHD people like it's a literal cure-all.
In regards to stimulant efficacy, I would love to see the effectiveness rate over a time span greater than a few months to a year. I would like to see 10 and 20 year long studies (I understand the difficulties).
Anecdotally, the medications help, but I would consider them to be like a low dosage of painkillers for a burn victim -- better than nothing.