Asklemmy

First, Adderall isn't meth. Stop calling it that.

Second, if you don't have ADHD then this doesn't apply to you. Misdiagnosis does happen, and I'm sorry you had to live through that in order to realize you were misdiagnosed.

I'm glad you're doing better and found a way to manage your mental health that works for you. Please don't use your experience to erase ours.

For anyone else reading,

Everyone reacts to medications differently, especially when it comes to brain chemistry. There are a number of treatment options for ADHD besides Adderall. Other stimulants, non-stimulants, even non-medication options like behavioral therapy and exercise. Most people will mix and match to eventually figure out what works for them specifically.

Adderall didn't work for me either, and I spent a long time trying to make it work before I switched to a non-stimulant that was great, until it eventually stopped having any effect on me aside from intense nausea. After losing my job, I went off meds entirely; it was too much hassle to get on another controlled substance, and what was the point anyways if I wasn't working.

Long story short, I'm working again and taking a different stimulant now that I pretty much owe my life to. Trying to keep up with basic life stuff; not just work but chores, bills, projects, getting up in the morning, etc; is hard enough for me even on medication. Doing it with only talk therapy as treatment was a living nightmare, like seriously put me in a dark place.