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   goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Monday, 14-Jul-2025 06:39:30 JST goatsarah

   At some point in the last 4 months since starting ADHD meds the state I regard as normal has swapped over.

   I’m currently in the post medicated state and I feel like some confused scared shadow of a person terrified of her own emotions which she doesn’t understand and bemused by the world.

   This used to be who I was all the time.

   That’s a lot to come to terms with.

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     Negative12DollarBill (negative12dollarbill@techhub.social)'s status on Monday, 14-Jul-2025 13:57:37 JST Negative12DollarBill

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     @goatsarah I'm finding this a little confusing, sorry. You used to feel that way all the time, then you started the meds, but it hasn't helped?

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Monday, 14-Jul-2025 13:57:37 JST goatsarah

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     @negative12dollarbill The meds turn me into a competent adult for 12-14 hours a day.

     They have helped more than I could have imagined possible.

     I had not known that people could be like that (and it’s now becoming like THIS because I’m feeling it start to hit)

     But I guess it’s like if one transitioned, but at the end of the day had to revert to what you were before. That reversion is tough.

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Monday, 14-Jul-2025 14:34:37 JST goatsarah

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     • Negative12DollarBill
     @negative12dollarbill Yes, indeed!
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     Negative12DollarBill (negative12dollarbill@techhub.social)'s status on Monday, 14-Jul-2025 14:34:38 JST Negative12DollarBill

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     @goatsarah Oh I get it now, thanks. Post-medicated as in, the part of each day when the meds wear off—not the part of your life after you started taking the meds.