You can live with ADD and non-stimulates, I was on Ritalin and Adderall myself when I was younger. I was on Ritalin from the age of 7 till the age of 15. I took it 3 times a day and it worked the best out of the two till it seemed that it wasn't working anymore. I was on the highest dose that I could be on at the time. Adderall had just come out at the time so I was one of the guinea pigs. I took it from 15-19 where I took myself off because of a lot of reasons. One major one was I didn't have an adult ADD doctor yet.

I'm reluctant to go on stimulates because of a side-effect I had when placed on Adderall. Even when we figured out the dose had been two high. I might have to fall back on them now but really I'm still reluctant to do so.