I was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 12. My family did not opt to put me on medication. I illegally discovered Adderall in college. Worked incredible. Got diagnosed after college & after having been fired from my first job. Passed the CPA exams on Adderall. Went off of it again. I do everything well at my job except for attention to detail within my excel files & emails. Will taking ADHD medication really fix this? Does anyone else have this issue and was it resolved by taking medication?

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That’s me to a T - medication is the key to my success at work. Was on concerta for a long time and now take vyvanse. It’s not a “crutch” - your brain processes chemicals differently than other people and it makes so many things way harder.

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Of course, I’m really glad. You’ve got this - and you deserve to use the resources available to you.

I’ll save you the TL/DR story but short answer - yes. Medication helps with the tedium of everything. I would like to get to a point where I can operate well without it. I’m on sort of a forced med vacay right now due to health and not being able to take my adhd meds is *murder* on my professional life. The contrast of me on them vs me without is obscene. I think that speaks a lot to me not being very suited/inclined toward my current career vs me being incapable or underperforming. The meds aren’t magic - but they feel like it at first - because they can tweak you to be so much sharper than you realized you could be.

You could even micro dose your meds and it would have tremendous effect on your attention to minutiae. That’s what I would most recommend based on how you describe the situation. Don’t fix what isn’t broke by overdoing it on the meds. 🤓

Your story sounds identical to mine. I feel like my medication is necessary to perform at work. I agree with EY1, it’s not a crutch in the context we are discussing it. There things that don’t fire in your brain and the meds light the fire like they are supposed to. I will say after 15 years taking meds, I do find it to be a crutch in other ways. I think my overall health is suffering- not from the medication itself, but the fact that the medication masks how poorly I actually feel without taking it. I am now prioritizing my overall health in addition to my mental health. I am eating healthier and exercising in hopes that I feel better whether taking ADHD meds or not.

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