I just wonder if it actually did get worse or it just seems like that because as an adult you have a lot more on your plate than you did when you were a kid/teen

  • @xkforceOP
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    96 months ago

    I was diagnosed at 32 in my last semester of my undergrad. I just ended up with more stress than I could handle and ended up in therapy and thats when I found out.

    • @CarbonatedPastaSauce
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      116 months ago

      Similar thing here. Too much stress at work and at home and suddenly things I’d always been able to do were becoming difficult. I couldn’t brute force my way into focusing anymore.

      But once I got on medication (and my body adjusted to it) my brain felt like it was 20 years younger again. It was life changing, for the better.

      • @anime_ted
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        26 months ago

        What was the adjustment you mentioned?

        • @CarbonatedPastaSauce
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          46 months ago

          It took a few weeks before my body got used to the stimulant. At first it felt like I’d had way too much coffee. Not exactly but that’s as close as I can describe it. They also put me on an SNRI which caused my libido to disappear for a few weeks.

          After about 6 weeks everything was back to normal and only the benefits remained. It’s been almost a year now and I feel they are slowly losing effectiveness but I’m not ready to start the dosage increase treadmill yet.