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My ADHD isn't a disorder. It's my super power. I would gladly admit this to anyone; I mean it's not like they don't notice it within a few minutes.

I have been on meds for the past 2 years and started at 26. I don't think this is "fixing" as I'm on probably the lowest dosage. Since day 1 I felt the same way I did after coffee. Vyvanse to me is extended release caffeine which kicks in as my morning coffee wears off and carries me through the day.

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ADHD and testosterone have helped shape me into a successful and peculiar person because of the sheer amount of risk I have been willing to accept (versus my peers). I moved away from home at 17, have lived all around the country and I made out it out of my small Ohio suburb where most people stay until death. I feel like ADHD necessitates intuitive responses to problems and highly deprioritizes rote memorization and recall.

I have a distinct feeling that my ADHD brain doesn't have the ability to remember details with the same fidelity as my peers. I am constantly forgetting all but the most critical details, but I have a ability to intuit solutions from the details I have forgotten.

Curious to know the ways in which your ADHD is your superpower. It sounds like you benefit from Vyvanse (which you get because of and ADHD diagnosis, presumably), but you don’t mention any other benefits. And plenty of neurotypical people take ADHD meds and benefit from them also. Perhaps you also have other direct benefits from ADHD, like increased creativity?

I put it this way: it's easier to connect dots if your head is full of dots wiggling, bouncing and singing.

Outside the box thinking for one. The ability to hyperfocus on the task at hand. The trick for me was finding a job I found interesting enough to work hard on.

Do note that I had been working for 4 years before I started Vyvanse.

I'm curious. what mg do you take? I've been prescribed 40 mg as the starting dose, after Focalin IR had negative effects.

Went from 20 to 40 and dropped back down to 30.

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