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adult diag ADD (prob some ASD also). Kids were diagnosed, had one of those ahah moments. At least in my generation, the quite, bored as hell kid in the back of the room. Thankfully, I think the ASD made me determined, hardheaded, and perceptive, and my parents encouraged and supported me to set good goals. That served me well, but I look back and wonder what could have been if I could have stayed awake in high school classes.

My longest friend is hyper, smartest dude in the room but could not stay out of trouble. Right now, he is literally climbing up a mountain. Even today, I get so pissed at my adult peers who don't understand that that distracted kid is just wired different, not undisciplined. You can't change your neurology anymore than you can change your eye color.

Stims helped much more that antidepressants, but I burn thru catecholamine quickly. Vyvanse lasts maybe a few hours, by example. I've had days where I could take a stim, then fall asleep waiting for it to kick in. Its burn-out, and it sucks.

One thing that helped was NALT and Phenylalanine. Initially, 700mg of NALT was miraculous. Doesn't help so much any more, but I continue to take it. I suspect there are other things causing dopamine production bottlenecks and-or low storage of dopamine.

Gene test indicates I may not convert folate to methylfolate, which is important for the stress hormone cycle. You can supplement methylfolate but so far I've not seen improvement.

The ASD makes it very difficult for me to not call a spade a spade, especially around touchy-feely people. My ASD daughter is now in college, like me, struggling greatly with social. She's as liberal as it gets in a free society, but when the college offered group therapy she refused for the same reasons I hated all that groupology crap; you can't really speak your mind without getting ostracized.