Does anyone feel wronged because they missed out on ADHD Meds?

[wormboge]

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For example, if you got a much lower GPA, missed out on a lot due to taking more time, got lower grades because unlike those on meds your grads suffered when neighbors made noise all night, and just as you were applying to medical school (or at some other significantly late time), you learned that meds made your work over 5 times faster and better, and all nighters no longer took a toll on you? Of course, someone in these shoes can easily feel very betrayed by everyone who didn't say anything sooner (and watched them suffer performing at an unnecessary slow and grueling pace), and like their entire life of studying was foolish since there was a shortcut that no one cared to let them in on.

How did you overcome these horrible thoughts? And if you really lost something, like 20 years of your life to this, how did you get over that?

Perhaps temporary feelings are:
hurt,
betrayed,
sad,
disillusioned,
disbelief,
alone and lonely,
foolish and shameful,
distrustful (but not prior to this),
numbness,
an inability to love again...

Not anger as has been inaccurately suggested.

 

[NotASerialKiller]

For example, if you got a much lower GPA, missed out on a lot due to taking more time, got lower grades because unlike those on meds your grads suffered when neighbors made noise all night, and just as you were applying to medical school (or at some other significantly late time), you learned that meds made your work over 5 times faster and better, and all nighters no longer took a toll on you? Of course, someone in these shoes can easily feel very betrayed by everyone who didn't say anything sooner (and watched them suffer performing at an unnecessary slow and grueling pace), and like their entire life of studying was foolish since there was a shortcut that no one cared to let them in on.

How did you overcome these horrible thoughts? And if you really lost something, like 20 years of your life to this, how did you get over that?

Perhaps temporary feelings are:
hurt,
betrayed,
sad,
disillusioned,
disbelief,
alone and lonely,
foolish and shameful,
distrustful (but not prior to this),
numbness,
an inability to love again...

Not anger as has been inaccurately suggested.

There are many other threads that go over in great detail why those medications are not magic pills that make you smarter and boost grades. I'm sure if you search 'AHDH' or 'Adderall' you will find them, there was a lengthy one last year.

You weren't cheated or punished for not abusing drugs, if your grades were low that's on you.

*Also this is mainly for anyone else reading this post, since the troll meter for the OP is hovering around 85%

 

[puahate]

My computer science friend uses Adderall and tells me how much more focused he is in work. This is the first time someone I knew personally well tried it. It does make me curious about how well it works.

 

[AllBleedingStops]

unlike those on meds your grads suffered when neighbors made noise all night

Adderall and similar do not make you ignore noise. Also, every university I studied at had 24 hours portions of at least 1 library.

all nighters no longer took a toll on you

Stop pulling all nighters. It is a tough habit to break and it works throughout lots of schooling (I should know) but it doesn't pan out in med school due to the volume of info you have to contend with.

feel very betrayed by everyone who didn't say anything sooner

You didn't have the internet, TV, or print media? You had no idea that anyone used Adderall, Ritalin, and many, many, others up to and including various street forms of amphetamines and cocaine (as well as copious amounts of caffeine and nicotine) for alertness/wakefulness/brain function purposes? This has been reported on the news for years and years and every college student I know was aware of it existing, whether or not they used.

an inability to love again...

Seems a tad dramatic doesn't it? If you feel like you actually have a disorder that merits these medications go to a reputable medical professional and see if you are diagnosed as such. If not, get over it.

 

[gyngyn]

Closing.