I Forgot How Bad My ADHD Was: AKA AAAAAAHHHHHHH

I somehow coasted through most of my life with undiagnosed ADHD. I didn't get diagnosed until I was 23. I first discovered I might have it when I was talking to some friends and they said to me "I was actually really surprised when you said you didn't have ADHD." I asked them why, they said "just the amount of hobbies you have, you'll be looking at someone and have not heard a word they said, you daydream a lot..." so on and so forth. So I looked up the symptoms, and thought maybe there was some merit to it. I started to become aware of my symptoms under a new lens, I always thought everyone had a never-ending monologue that would occasionally press "loop" on an internal iPod. Went to a doctor, got screened, got prescribed Adderall. The rest, as they say, is history. Every time I gaslight myself and stop taking medication, the problems come right back. So, I've been medicated for a while. I've tried several medications that have all worked to varying levels of success. Adderall was…

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