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[quote=Anonymous]He & You are conceptualizing medication the wrong way. It is not making him less him - it is making him more him. ADHD comes with inattention, executive dysfunction and impulsiveness.  Each person has different amount/mixture of these, but in ADHD, I think (as a person with ADHD) that ADHD gets in the way of who I am and who I want to be.

I want to be able to grow and develop and set goals that I work towards and achieve things that I desire (vs things that come easily to me).  This is virtually impossible for me unmedicated.   I want to be able to read social signals better, pay attention to people and communicate effectively with them by following through on building our relationships.  I want to be able to do my work and turn it in on time and not suffer negative consequences. all of that is much harder unmedicated for me.

The data shows that medication helps many ADHDers (once you find a good mixture).  Why should I struggle to be me without medication. No one would ask a diabetic to tough it out without insulin. There is no failure in taking meds. [/quote]

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