How do I know if I have it or not? I am procasinator and I just cannot study until tests are coming up very close. When i try to study in an 8 hour day sometimes I get 30 minutes of work done. I graduated undergrad and masters with a 3.7+ both and in Medical school now but I think I can't cram and I am not sure if it is me being lazy or ADHD for me :/
I suffered with some of the same issues that you have and I didn't really have any perspective until I was diagnosed and medicated. I couldn't accurately describe what life was like without medication until I started taking medication for my ADD.
This describes my experience 100%. I couldn't see what was happening with me from within my own subjective experience. Once I got diagnosed and started taking something for it, I can "see" the difference between where I was and where I'm supposed to be. Going off my prescription can be fine if I'm not trying to do certain tasks, but if I'm trying to do those tough tasks without meds, it's now painfully obvious there's an issue.
Turns out that when my doctor said the diagnosis and medication would be life changing, that was not an exaggeration.
What medication do you use? Was recently re-diagnosed and the psychiatrist suggest adderall, but my PCP suggested Wellbutrin. Weird thing when my two health professionals disagree
I don't currently. I've been on a variety of medications in the past but many have undesirable side-effects. I was on Vyvanse for a long time but it ended up causing male dysfunction issues and heart palpitations. Recently I started taking Wellbutrin but it decreased my sex drive (which isn't really an issue when you're single but has become and issue recently) so I stopped taking it. As an alternative my doctor prescribed Strattera but it had some of the same effects as Vyvanse so I stopped taking it as well. I've heard good things about Adderall but I'm not sure that I want to start taking another controlled substance.
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How can I fix it?