Yes, ADD medication are important but so is the kinda of person taking them. I believe that it was important for me to learn about the person I was off medications before I got medicated again. Since they have many side-effects and can worsen many of the co-mobits it's important that you do not take the choice to be medicated or not medicated lightly.

As for medications, I'm not sure what they have in your country but do your homework about each one and their side-effects. That way when placed on one you can tell what it's meant to be doing. When I was first placed on medicate back in the 1985 the poplar one was Ritalin and then when I was 16 I was placed on Adderall. Both are stimulants and even when they helped me some of the side-effects sucked, like when I first started on Adderall I couldn't sleep most nights and when I didn't take it one day I would sleep that whole day.

To get placed on medications you should speak with a Psychiatrist. After doing you homework on the type of drugs you should let them know any of the ones you are wary of trying and the ones you would be comfortable with. Also keep in mind that drugs are not always the answer to it all.

I've done that and since they knew my history with the stimulants they placed me on Strattera. It's a drug that you take once a day and it builds up in your system. Strattera isn't prefect but it seems to be the right drug for me. I do get some of the side effects but I've only been taking it for a few months so my body could still be getting use to it.

If you do have Strattera in your country and try it. Just a word of warning the first day is ruff. The only way I can say it felt as if I was drunk or had the flu. I would began this drug when you have a day that if you needed to just lie in bed that you could.