"after 37 years of knowing something wasn&#039;t right with my brain, i was diagnosed with adhd, inattentive type in grad school and was prescribed adderall. where do i start??? this medication literally changed my life. imagine being a &quot;gifted&quot; kid who eventually could barely pass middle school math - that&#039;s me. after a lifetime of compensating for my &quot;slow processing,&quot; hiding my disorganization, and pretending to be on the same page with everyone else, this explains everything. adderall has made a night and day difference in my motivation level, what i understand and follow, and even my mood/emotional reactivity. in a word, amazing. if i ever meet the people who &quot;discovered&quot; adderall, i&#039;m kissing them - my husband agrees."