How did it hurt you?
The diagnosing is hogwash. There isn’t a scientific test. All ‘psychiatrists’ do is take you in for a visit or two, listen to your story, and write you the prescription.
I used to be ‘unable to focus’, and took pills for it. I even see people addicted to them to the point they take sleeping medication and other pills to make up for those side effects. No thanks!
These are intense drugs, and not the good kind like DMT, LSD, or Marijuana. Which those, actually had a profound effect on me and my way of thinking. For example, weed makes me productive - and makes otherwise shit work - amazing.
Another thing is eating healthy, organic foods, vegetables, and pasture raised meats, along with exercise. These do wonders for your state of mind. Organic foods (and pasture raised meats, eggs, dairy) have up to 200x the nutrient levels compared to non-organic. Lastly, self discipline. I had to learn to master my mind and truly discipline myself for my actions. And to make the effort to constantly ‘make it happen’, no matter what. It’s a set of values instilled and the courage to back up your own values when no one else is to judge you but your own mind. Don’t let you mind off the hook for so many things - “oh I didn’t make the bed…it’s fine” no, it’s not fine.
Hard to take that serious on my side of the fence.
Ritalin allowed me finally to succeed.
I don't think you can really understand to want to learn, prepare everything, eat well, cut out any distractions, doing sport and than sitting in front of a perfect learn env and not being able to start at all.
Sitting there for an hour and than closing the book again.
Vs.
Taking Ritalin and than (still with a paper thin wall) breaking through and actually learning.
Take a real drug like DMT or LSD that might actually change your way of thinking.
That plus good diet and exercise, do wonders to the brain
I'm not gonna knock people for smoking weed or whatever on their free time to deal with the bullshit of life, but it makes you an asshole for trying to knock people down who legitimately need Adderall to function while pushing your own woo bullshit.