Re: What do you expect / what are you gaining from your medication?

[Anonymous]

Some of my concerns without meds:

1. have trouble remembering things, make constant lists and check them frequently
2. can’t prioritize (want to do everything NOW)
3. mind is so fast that I constantly think of great new ideas
4. always want to do something other than what I’m doing, unless it’s REALLY interesting
5. fast mind keeps me up at night, I have trouble getting to sleep and staying asleep, and I get up earlier and earlier to start working on my great new ideas
6. I eventually quit everything I start (some things sooner than later) – have had over 20 jobs in my life
7. I procrastinate about everything, probably because I like the thrill of doing things at the last minute
8. my ADD husband and I have relationship issues because of untreated ADD/ADHD
9. can’t invite anyone over to our house because it’s a total disaster, clutter, dusty, etc (it’s so HARD to say that)
10. I have a lot of trouble keeping track of time, everything only takes “a minute” but I’m always spending longer on things than I should because it takes me longer to do them
11. I feel like I’m dragging myself around during the day, I usually have really high energy but only for stuff I want to do
12. spend many hours on the internet
13. do things to perfection rather than just settling for good enough
14. always feel restless, like I want to be doing something or going somewhere

How have meds helped?

1. I can get up in the morning and feel alert enough to drive to work
2. I can focus on the jobs that need to be done at work rather than thinking everything is a fire that needs to be put out NOW
3. I don’t have to check my lists constantly, I can plan a few days ahead and actually do what I need to do rather than waste time on things that don’t matter
4. our house is starting to be decluttered and cleaned
5. my husband realizes how meds can help and is more receptive to taking them
6. I now get to sleep within minutes of going to bed and sleep through the whole night – even if I wake up thinking I need to pee, I can go right back to sleep
7. I’m able to resist acting on things, not so impulsive
8. I can stick with a task or project and take regular breaks without losing my attention to where I was and what I was doing
9. I can stop doing something and not feel the impulse to go back to it
10. the restlessness is substantially diminished

That’s a brief list, I am finding it life-changing and glad I looked into it.

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