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I am 31, 5 YoE in Tech consulting Deloitte, my TC is 150k. I was trying for promotion to manager but since the last few months I feel mentally exhausted like I've reached my cognitive limit. My manager gets annoyed at me cuz lately I'm forgetting too much. Everyday I feel like an imposter and that I need to quit consulting given my anxiety, depression and ADHD..I don't want to be miserable anymore - I want to switch careers. I also don't want a decrease in my income. What are my exit options?
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There are some studies showing that people with ADHD tend to die significantly earlier, mostly from accidental injury. To me, the long term risk of medication is worth not hurting myself like an idiot.
Additionally, I might reframe it as using meds for complex functions, rather than "work". I don't really plan on stopping, it would just make life harder on myself for no reason. I currently take my meds on weekends if I need to be organized, I will take them after retirement if it's what needs to happen for life to run.
Lol mine is the opposite. I only need it for work 😂
I was on it for 6 years and feel like I can barely do anything without it. It’s been months but fighting everyday to stay off of them. Can’t work so been on an extended holiday but starting to be able to go to the gym, clean, cook etc now but it’s a struggle
adderall has only been out 20 years, but the basic withdrawal effects are essentially heightened after prolonged usage of adderall (check out google when u get the chance). So no evidence of 40+ year usage, but have you been off your meds before? I can barely talk to people normally lol
Quantify “prolonged usage”?
I was on 15mg adderal for 5 years and had the same thoughts around not being able to function without it. I wound up doing a very slow taper and eventually got to the point where it would be early afternoon and would realize I hadn’t taken it that day. The normal function comes back, it just takes time so don’t go cold turkey, extend out the taper as long as possible and you’ll be amazed how the body rebounds.
I can live without it. But am a scatterbrained mess without it.
Yes- it’s a stimulant, and like all stimulants it carries the risk of hypertension and high blood pressure and all of the health challenges that go along with that.
My case is moderate so my doc switched me from ritalin to wellbutron with ritalin for bad days when I was in my 30s. I have family history of hbp and hypettension. Overall it’s a very different feeling and feels like a “downgrade” but I’m learning to cope and willing to take the tradeoff for longer healthier life.
I mean...is there evidence that meds cause that kind of effect long term?
They haven’t been around long enough to know the impact on someone taking it for 40years
Literally feel exactly like this. What do we do? 😂
Nope. I can live with or without it. But life is much easier with