There’s a Slashdot story
on ADHD that has some interesting responses (read it at a threshold of 5 for best
results). I tried Ritalin for a while, but it made me jumpy and I crashed when
it wore off.
My doctor told me that ADHD tends to go hand-in-hand with depression and anxiety.
So rather than take a handful of drugs for all the possible symptoms, I reflected
on the years I went without any treatment, and realized that anxiety was far and
above the most debilitating thing in my life. So, my doctor and I have been
working on that with an SSRI, and things
have been pretty good.
So my advice is to consider the things that might be lurking around the
periphery.