> The drugs also scare me... The idea of giving something like that to a child profoundly scares me.
It works differently in people with the disorder. I took Adderall as a child and as an adult for adhd. It didn't get me wired nor did I have withdrawal symptoms, I simply felt more centered and capable of starting tasks. I know that we can only draw on our own experiences to judge things, but understand that people with this disorder experience the drug completely differently than you did.
This was pretty much my experience as well. I didn’t feel high or up when taking adderall. It was almost unnoticed while on it, but reflecting back on what I was able to accomplish during the day it clearly had an impact. After taking it for close to a year, I just stopped cold turkey and had zero issues with any withdrawal symptoms.
My brother has been known to take adderall recreationally. Apparently he would crush it up and snort it. He definitely gets a high from it. I’m not sure how much the difference in our experience is due to the delivery method versus differences in how our bodies processed it.
I take stimulants for idiopathic hypersomnia and ironically they give me ADHD like symptoms. It’s much harder to concentrate on a single task when I’m on them.
It works differently in people with the disorder. I took Adderall as a child and as an adult for adhd. It didn't get me wired nor did I have withdrawal symptoms, I simply felt more centered and capable of starting tasks. I know that we can only draw on our own experiences to judge things, but understand that people with this disorder experience the drug completely differently than you did.