"i&#039;m a 40 year old male who didn&#039;t have the benefits of medications when i was in school. add wasn&#039;t as well known back then. i was diagnosed with hyper dyslexia. i always thought that it was strange because i didn&#039;t see letters backwards but i just accepted it. i was officially diagnosed with add in my mid 20&#039;s. i have taken most of the medicine options over the past 12 years including concerta, strattera, adderall, ritalin and ritalin la. couldn&#039;t sleep on concerta, i was out of my mind with strattera, adderall was like popping caffeine pills and ritalin was too high maintenance as it neutralized after 2-3 hours. then i found ritalin la. it&#039;s not the magic bullet but it&#039;s the best that i have found so far. it costs me 10x generic but worth it."