Any Sup Forumsacks have ADHD/ADD? What are your preferred treatments and or coping methods? A little backstory, always was top of my class in gpa and testing up until middle school when I went through a very rough situation at home, father attempting suicide multiple times and family not being able to hold a job, mother developing opiate addiction through pain treatment for severe knee injury. I'm not a dumb person or a pseudo intellectual, ACT of 30 and Mesa tested IQ of 134. My ADHD has severely negatively effected my life, along with my family situations that arose and possibly have given me slight PTSD symptoms considering I've had to force my father to throw up sleeping pills and stay awake so he does not die multiple times since age 11. What I'm looking for is a good alternative to Adderall because it destroys my dopamine levels, makes me shed weight like a nigger getting caught stealing from a 7/11, and renders me sleepless for days at a time. Preferably a medication with little side effects that can also treat some anxiety issues I deal with that root from family issues and the fact that my family is poor and struggles to get by because of my parents true inability to work (father has many medical issues including severe manic depression, mother is an addict with almost no ability to walk). I just turned 21, am working a part time nigger job at the moment but have some applications in some very decent jobs with friends in high ranks so I definitely have some pull. When I get healthcare, how should I go about treating my disorder? What have you guys tried? Success stories and not so successful stories are welcome. I'm posting this here because I don't believe drugs like adderall should be legally given to our youth because of the obvious destructive side effects and addiction risks and it should be outlawed immediately.
Before I get replies saying its not a real disorder, I was observed by multiple professionals until the age of 15 when they concluded that I
