Can I live happy without ADHD meds?
I was diagnosed a year ago and literally just this morning my Medikinet XL arrives for me to take. I read the leaflet in the box (Which is huge by the way. This thing must be at least 3 A4 pages and double sided) and I got a bit wary of the side effects. "Sudden death" doesn't really entice me, even if it is "1 in 10,000 people", but I do think to myself; "What if I'm the 1?". so maybe this is due to ADHD, but now I'm thinking, do I actually have ADHD after reading up a lot of things. Now, I wasn't lying when I was assessed, I do have lack of motivation and do find it hard to concentrate at times, but that's usually due to maybe being presented something that doesn't interest me in general and I can get a bit restless and "fidgety" and a little forgetful (But who isn't at times?), but then I do have some decent organisational and planning skills. Plus, I was in a bad relationship for years and during my diagnosis and she was pushing me to get assessed a lot. I'm 37, 38 later this year and I seem to have gotten by well without it. I'm in a new relationship with a better woman and I'm convincing myself that I don't need it cause the new partner makes me so happy and I don't want the medication to maybe change me in a way I don't like or affects the new relationship. I'm a bit torn.
And, it says don't take it if you have blood pressure problems and I take two different blood pressure tablets, which, I informed my doctor about before they prescribed it.
I've just read the rules of the subreddit and hope I'm within the rules of this post. I'm really looking for people who may have been in the same boat as me and decided if they eventually took it or just decided not to and continue not to.
Cheers in advance.