ADHD Medication for an ex drug abuser, would I have never abused them in the first placed had I been medicated?

Published May 28, 2010

So I have had ADHD all my life but I had no idea majority of it because my mother felt it best I just go on living as normal as can be without making me worry or think too much into it. In high school I abused meth for 2 years and excessively drank alcohol and was eventually sent to rehab at 16. (I have read that drug abuse is at a much higher rate for people with ADHD, which is why I ask my question) I became clean and still am (4+ years) then I began seeing a therapist on my own three years ago because I realized that the people around me didn’t seem to have minds as cluttered as mine nor did they have such a hectic high school experience, after speaking with the therapist he asked if I had ever been diagnosed with ADHD and he sent me to another doctor who then diagnosed me. I never followed up on the appointments and have since still been unmedicated. I now feel more than ever that I need help with my ADHD because it seems to have gotten worse. I am looking for serious answers, please no b.s., thanks!
I grew up in a very loving home with no substance abuse and my parents had no history with ever having an issue with anything besides eachother =P
I was/am the rebellious child/young adult of the family so I would have to rule out the environment I grew up in as a reason for my drug abuse.

ADHD Medication for an ex drug abuser, would I have never abused them in the first placed had I been medicated?

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