Which AD did she prescribe? Just curious--some ADs are good for ADHD too.

I too got an ADHD diagnosis relatively late. I was quite functional and able to compensate for many years. Having a lot of life stressors can uncover it, or rather, interfere with your ability to cope with the symptoms.

I like how the first pdoc asked for the EKG prior to beginning stimulant therapy for ADHD. Very prudent!

Having ADHD sometimes annoys me. Can't think of another way to describe it. I feel I shouldn't have to take meds every day to increase my functionality, concentration, etc. So I won't take it for a while and do OK or not so OK, but never great. Then when I decide to take the stimulant again, I do so much better! I get so much more done, can focus, can stick to a project. And that annoys me! Like I don't want to have to take a drug to do well in life. But it does help me. Push pull push pull. So then I stop taking it for a while and the cycle begins again. Have been through this so many times...