Yes, before I got on medication, and when I wasn't on heroin, I was just not doing as well as I should have been. It's very debilitating for me in the sense that I'm way too inattentive and somewhat distracted easily at times.
This is probably compounded by the fact that I have PTSD and end up dissociating at times. *shrugs* It does bother me though because I really would prefer not using Dexedrine but feeling normal anyways. Dexedrine is very calming for me and I feel more normal than I do "stimulated" on it.
I wanted help with having ADHD at a young age although I didn't realize ADHD was my main problem at this age. My parents thought there was nothing wrong with me because I was doing fine in public school, etc, and just didn't happen to really start using drugs until I was 17-18 years old.
I'm pretty sure if I would have never had ADHD, then I would have never started abusing heroin, and then I likely would have never had PTSD either.