I'm not the person you originally asked, but I can give my experience.
I was diagnosed with ADHD-inattentive last December, so I've been on a very low dose of what I'm told is basically just timed-release adderall for about 4 months.
So far it's been positive. I find it helps me change contexts more easily and not bounce off of the new context and revert to phone scrolling. It helps me get over that activation hump more easily I think as well. One effect that I didn't anticipate is since I started on it I find I sleep better, wake up groggy less, and have an easier time getting out of bed in the morning.
That's probably partly related to this: I had to cut out caffeine almost entirely because it would make my heart race. If I want coffee I can have decaf that seems ok. I can have a mug of tea but if I have two my heart is pounding. Same with soda. I used to drink a can of diet coke a day. There is caffeine free diet coke too which I have but I find I drink it much less frequently.
The heart racing has been the only negative side effect I've noticed and cutting out caffeine has fixed it so overall that's probably for the best.
Sorry for the snark before. I don't actually know if Adderall is prescribed anymore, it might be. When I was looking for advice on how to approach a doctor about a possible ADHD diagnosis as an adult one of the things I was told was "don't mention medication, especially not Adderall, they might think you're drug seeking. Focus on the diagnosis first, then treatment". So I reacted poorly. Sorry again.
I was diagnosed with ADHD-inattentive last December, so I've been on a very low dose of what I'm told is basically just timed-release adderall for about 4 months.
So far it's been positive. I find it helps me change contexts more easily and not bounce off of the new context and revert to phone scrolling. It helps me get over that activation hump more easily I think as well. One effect that I didn't anticipate is since I started on it I find I sleep better, wake up groggy less, and have an easier time getting out of bed in the morning.
That's probably partly related to this: I had to cut out caffeine almost entirely because it would make my heart race. If I want coffee I can have decaf that seems ok. I can have a mug of tea but if I have two my heart is pounding. Same with soda. I used to drink a can of diet coke a day. There is caffeine free diet coke too which I have but I find I drink it much less frequently.
The heart racing has been the only negative side effect I've noticed and cutting out caffeine has fixed it so overall that's probably for the best.
Sorry for the snark before. I don't actually know if Adderall is prescribed anymore, it might be. When I was looking for advice on how to approach a doctor about a possible ADHD diagnosis as an adult one of the things I was told was "don't mention medication, especially not Adderall, they might think you're drug seeking. Focus on the diagnosis first, then treatment". So I reacted poorly. Sorry again.