Just skip all that. I've been diagnosed with ADHD since I was six (I'm now 20). I stopped using any sort of drug - natural or otherwise - when I was 17. Though it's hard to get through work without wandering off, I've told my coworkers that I have ADHD and let them know it's ok to tell me to keep my voice down and to stop fidgeting if it bothers them. Once someone points out that I'm doing it, I can usually hold off for a while. As for keeping on task for work.. I let them know that that's my job, but if they notice I haven't been working for over half an hour, then they can use my Mom's favorite - "Stay on task!" - and I'll snap back to work. So they just act as a back-up in that case, but I try really hard to keep myself on-task without any drugs. I found they just give me mood swings or make me really tired or even more hyper sometimes. I have about five projects going right now, so I switch between them when one gets to be too much. And I allow myself five minute breaks every hour and a half to just wander the building. But I do enjoy having ADHD. My friends all say it makes me very entertaining. I've learned over the years how to controll most of the annoying parts: interrupting people, looking around the room when someone's talking to me, bouncing my leg so the whole table moves, making small noises (clicking my tongue or tapping something), etc. And though I do still get reminded to keep things on track, it doesn't offend me anymore like it used to. I used to see that as someone butting into my life, but now I see it as a way for all of us to be more productive (plus I make more friends when they know about the ADHD, then they don't think I'm purposly being annoying). This was one hell of a rambling paragraph - I had to read it over and over again to keep it semi-on-the-same-track - but you get the idea: Drugs suck, will power and a few good friends are all you need to get the job done.
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Just skip all that. I've been diagnosed with ADHD since I was six (I'm now 20). I stopped using any sort of drug - natural or otherwise - when I was 17. Though it's hard to get through work without wandering off, I've told my coworkers that I have ADHD and let them know it's ok to tell me to keep my voice down and to stop fidgeting if it bothers them. Once someone points out that I'm doing it, I can usually hold off for a while. As for keeping on task for work.. I let them know that that's my job, but if they notice I haven't been working for over half an hour, then they can use my Mom's favorite - "Stay on task!" - and I'll snap back to work. So they just act as a back-up in that case, but I try really hard to keep myself on-task without any drugs. I found they just give me mood swings or make me really tired or even more hyper sometimes. I have about five projects going right now, so I switch between them when one gets to be too much. And I allow myself five minute breaks every hour and a half to just wander the building. But I do enjoy having ADHD. My friends all say it makes me very entertaining. I've learned over the years how to controll most of the annoying parts: interrupting people, looking around the room when someone's talking to me, bouncing my leg so the whole table moves, making small noises (clicking my tongue or tapping something), etc. And though I do still get reminded to keep things on track, it doesn't offend me anymore like it used to. I used to see that as someone butting into my life, but now I see it as a way for all of us to be more productive (plus I make more friends when they know about the ADHD, then they don't think I'm purposly being annoying). This was one hell of a rambling paragraph - I had to read it over and over again to keep it semi-on-the-same-track - but you get the idea: Drugs suck, will power and a few good friends are all you need to get the job done.