You’re not crazy. This was my experience as well. I was able to access mental abilities I always suspected I had, but couldn’t leverage or identify before. Sadly, this level of epiphany doesn’t happen for everyone. Feel free to hit me up if you ever want to talk through anything!
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Wow this is awesome. I'm so happy that this is possible for people. I feel excited to find out things I didn't even think I could do.
I just had a try for Adderall, certainly felt life changing and I'm considering getting a diagnosis. While for my BF, has been 10x as life changing and from my POV it looks like most of his mental struggles stem from untreated ADHD
I'm happy that you felt such a change and happy for your bf too. I honestly thought ADHD was just one piece to my puzzle but quite literally everything I've been suffering from appears to stem from untreated ADHD like your BF. I wasn't even expecting anything to happen for my anxiety. Didn't even consider it. But it's the biggest change I've noticed in the 1.5 days I've been on meds now. It's so wild how brains work.
Was it your primary care doctor? Just curious.
Ya my primary care doctor.
Nice. I’m considering asking mine, I use to have a prescription. Six years ago. But it wasn’t from a primary care doctor.
I highly recommend! I had a prescription in 2004 and in another country. That plus detailed explanations of what I go through was enough for my primary care physician to write me a prescription for a low dose. I fully expected to have to go through testing and therapy first so it was a very welcome surprise. I don't see why it wouldn't be similar for you. At least that's what I hope for ya.