I've been through school, college and my masters without meds. Sometimes it was hard I I burned down a few times. In 2019 things got worse and I began treatment for generalized anxiety disorder. Only in 2023, 11m after giving birth to my son, my doctor suggested that I had adhd and that was what was behind the GAD. I spent 5yrs on antidepressants only and had no actually improvement in anxiety. One my doc suggested adhd and that I tried meds (to which I was against at first) my life has changed in ways I can't even explain I guess. But for starters: anxiety is like 90% gone. I still take my sertraline with the psychostimulant, but I realized that the clear mind that comes from Vyvanse is what actually works. My mind isn't all fast and foggy and filled with tasks I dont know how to start. It's like the path to actually doing stuff gets clear...so no need to gwt anxious.
So I'm all in favour of using stimulants if they help you. I dont think I even want to stop using it, unless I have to for medical reasons. I had strategies all my life and I did really well so far. I have a nice carrer, a family and a great business. But I know how much the effort to do stuff took away from my mental health over the years, because of the lack of good executive functioning. Meds would have probably made my path less complicated...any way. I'm really OK with meds and have no problem with taling them 😅