This.
I got meds with 37.
Did a degree in CS and was successfully self-employed for years until that.
Everything worked out okay-ish, but meds are a game changer. It really felt like I was playing "life" on hard mode until then.
I got meds with 37.
Did a degree in CS and was successfully self-employed for years until that.
Everything worked out okay-ish, but meds are a game changer. It really felt like I was playing "life" on hard mode until then.
Brains are complicated stuff so everyone is going to find a different ideal treatment path - some people can manage with exercise alone and have a strict morning regiment, some people find medication to be the perfect pills - others use a mix of both. Trying to train yourself to not be ADHD and maintain completely through self-discipline is indeed hard mode.
1. There are some people that respond terribly to normal ADHD meds and they were part of the reason that ADHD used to be divided into the ADHD and ADD labels with the older version of ADHD labeled persons usually responding poorly to standard medications like methylphenidate.
I was 50th percentile on the CAT in 2nd grade, unmedicated.
I was 90th percentile on the CAT in 3rd grade, medicated.
Figure out how much catch up and passing I did in 1 year... 1 year.
I've gone on to have a nice successful career and life. But without meds and help... No way.
Not because I became smarter, but because I could concentrate for the time IQ tests take.