the ADHD⢠90s Kid⢠Experience⢠was:
your parents taking you to a doctor out of desperationÂ
your doctor immediately starting your off on way too high a dose of the newest designer drug in their toolbox
sudden onset of appetite loss, âzombie-likeâ feelings, tics, anxiety, irritability, sleep issues, and other very common symptoms of a child being overmedicated
expressing your concerns to adults (as best you could bc you were a literal child) who ignored you or thought you must be somehow âdoingâ medication wrong (???)
expressing your concerns (again, to the best of your ability as an actual child) to the doctor who overmedicated you and somehow missed the fact that as a literal child you are more sensitive to stimulant meds
(stimulant meds which were brand new on the market btw, and whose side effects werenât well-understood)
having the dosage lowered, if you were lucky
or just having it raised (???) bc side effects meant it wasnât working (???)
or just being switched to a new medication, also at too high of a dose
or being told to suck it up, bc at least now you were getting your homework done
and bc some adults would rather have a zombie child than a hyperactive child
eventually discontinuing meds after months of arguments with your parents
not seeking help as an adult bc youâd rather live with the symptoms youâve learned to mask at great cost, than risk repeating the traumatic experience you had w/ medication as a kid
going unmedicated for decades unaware that the right dose of the right medication from a doctor who cares about not traumatizing their patients, can in fact transform your life this time in a good way???
eventually having kids w/ adhd and being scared to take them to a doctor i guess
we deserved so much better tbh. i hope some day you end up in a room with a doctor who listens, and you get the help you should have recieved all those years ago.
