I don't often take my ADHD meds because the kind I have I build up a tolerance for. I only take it on days where I know I really need to focus. Intense days at work, studying, etc. I took it today to get a run on my homework and man I forget how clear it makes my mind every time

The best way I can describe it is like

Normally I have a thousand thoughts running through my head and they branch off like veins or tree branches

I have a split second to decide which branch I'm going to grab at, and then that takes me down a path, and at the next fork I have to decide fast, etc

once in awhile I can claw my way backwards towards another branch, but not usually very far

when I'm on my medication it's like I have the ability to leisurely go down one path, explore it, bask in it, then walk back to the main route. I can stop there and consider where I want to go next.

Like I'm not afraid I'm going to lose the information in my brain

It's amazing

and to think some people call this speed. It slows my brain down. Then again I guess that's the difference between taking it recreationally and needing it

... jesus, that sounds like my brain

highly relatable. sometimes I can't even finish sentences because I just forget what I'm saying halfway through

People who call it speed are just looking for an excuse to hate on the differently abled tbh

I just got put on a low dose of stimulant for days when Strattera doesn't do enough and it's just like, if thoughts are flying past me and I can't do anything about it, the Adderall let's me grab one and actually use it. That's like the opposite of speed yeah.

I always figured it just affects folks who don't need it differently, like a lot of drugs do

It does because the threshold is different and the side effects are different (like a lot of us with add get drowsy at first and from what I've heard that's specific to us), but militaries gave soldiers amphetamines to improve their focus (esp pilots). We just don't get increased energy and stamina at low doses because we're already hyper lol.

But like the whole "calling it speed" thing is 10/10 jealous ablism

Like sorry yall can't be trusted to take the best pill without going crazy and snorting it but maybe take that out on yourself instead of those of us who actually benefit from it

Also shut up and vaccinate your children and quit trying to make me scared of apples I know what you're about random person who needs to mind their own damn business about my medical issues

SORRY I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I WAS OVER MEDICATED BY ACCIDENT AND IT TOOK ME YEARS OF THERAPY TO STOP HATING MYSELF AND BE WILLING TO GET PROPERLY MEDICATED AGAIN

LIKE ACTUAL THERAPY