When I got ADHD meds I lost the things that made me able to cope even with ADHD, now I am getting them back — they will help you as well This is another old piece - I haven't done as well as I thought I was going to when I wrote it In the Beginning Getting diagnosed with ADHD was a big deal, but it still took me a little bit to get meds. When I did it changed everything. I have never been good at getting back to work after being interrupted. Once I had my meds it was effortless. I could get into a fight with my girlfriend and drop back into coding without having resolved the fight. Previous me was so far from capable of that that it never even occurred to me it was possible for a human to do.