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Agreeing w/ SA above, below are a few comments if you are set on finding some medicine. I recently was diagnosed and started taking adderall (in my 30s). It’s also been a lifesaver, but not a cure-all. I’ve known, pretty much my entire life, that I had ADHD, but was able to cope until consulting. The biggest thing I’ve found is Addeerall allowrall helps me “sit” in the work, and engage w/ it, for longer. Earlier, if something was difficult, or I just wasn’t in the mood to work, I’d look for other things to distract myself and still feel productive. Adderall helps me stay engaged w/ the task at hand.
That being said, for a preparation perspective, I see it potentially helping in 2 areas.
1. The ability to focus longer on doing case prep/ do more cases in a day, per se.
2. Spending time on a particular skill you need to improve related to the case (eg. Structuring, or mental math, etc.)
You’ll improve very quickly, with or without medicine, by doing live cases, identifying your weaknesses, and doing focused practice on that. Adderall’s not going to make up for any knowledge or experience gaps if you haven’t been in consulting, or don’t have the business exposure. That’s been one of the biggest learnings for me: identifying where addereall helps, and identifying where it’s just experience from time in consulting, or a skill I need to improve (eg. being more efficient with work)
Unpopular advice: case interview can be your strength as ADHDer and I would caution using meds for interview. I absolutely crushed the interviews without meds, and have seen some serious side effects when using meds and doing client meetings. It can get you overly fixated on certain details and ignorant of how others are feeling and saying (i.e. the tunnel vision).
The case interviews are short and exciting enough your natural brain will be able to handle! Good luck!
1000% agree with this. Case interviews also gave me enough adrenaline to nourish my ADHD
Medication has been an absolute life-saver for me, especially when using the extended release formulation every day.
A couple of thoughts on your case:
- It can take a looooong time to receive a prescription with an official diagnosis
- Hopefully you are going private, instead of buying dodgy pills - those are rarely pure or even effective!
- Everyone reacts differently to the various active ingredients, so it can take a while to find what works best for you
- I wouldn’t recommend starting meds with case interviews around the corner. The wrong meds may hurt more than they help.
Let me know if you have any follow-up questions!