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by hazmazlaz 903 days ago
ADHD is a lot more than focus/inattention. It's emotional regulation, impulse control, executive functioning, time sense, and much more. My advice since you asked is to go see a neuropsychiatrist, discuss your experiences and symptoms, and go from there. Medication may help you, or it may not. We can't know from your brief description, but if your presentation of the condition has any of the factors I listed above, it is probable that some form of treatment would have a positive impact on your lived experience. Good luck.
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To follow up, one of the convenient things about ADHD medication (stimulants) is that taking them is akin to flipping a light switch. On or off, there isn't an interim period where you're waiting for the medication to build up in your system in order to see an effect, nor do you need to taper off of it like you do some other types of medications. So if you try something and find you don't like the effects or it doesn't do what you want it to do for you, you can simply stop right there and go back to the way you were doing things before.