Was diagnosed with ADHD (among other things) at an early age and was on way to many medications for most of my life. Sophmore year in highschool I decided to take myself off of everything.
I consider myself as someone with above average intelligence, and in my 4 years of college I managed to pull off a 3.5, with very little focus in and out of the classroom. I only used Adderall during finals weeks. I studied business and psychology.
Up to present day I have steadily developed OCD (more O than C), which seems to get worse each year. One theory is that it’s to help me compensate with my ADHD, and the disorganization it causes.
Surprisingly, I’ve always been pretty happy, especially today. I’ve lived with my GF for almost 3 years, I’m in graduate school (light semesters) for accounting, and I work in the oil and gas business. I also spend quite some time writing and producing music. However, I’m still haunted by my inability to focus with all of these tasks.
I take Adderall 1-2x per week to help me get through all the To Dos I neglect the other 5-6 days each week. The problem is it makes me very irritable so I smoke marijuana (prescribed legally) to make me nicer, winc Adderall can make me very temperamental.
Marijuana in itself has adderall like effects for me in that it motivates me (even with no stimulants). It doesn’t provide the same level of focus that adderal does, but adderall doesn’t seem to provide the level of motivation I get from marijuana. Also, marijuana helps with the creativity I need for critical reasoning and also for writing music. Both of these substances however, seem to enhance my OCD, leading me to spend way to much time organizing or on arbitrary products that distract me from my main tasks.
So I’m stuck in this spiral of self medication, and now I’m considering cutting back on marijuana and attempting daily use of adderal. I’m also considering adding Wellbutrin in the mix to help balance me out. This is my main purpose in joining the forum. I will take what I am offered here and present my conclusions to my Physician (I don’t see a psychiatrist).
Thank you for your help and sorry for long post.