I (35F) just recently got diagnosed with severe ADHD + autism here in Tokyo. It kind of all makes sense now, I’ve been speding lots of time connecting the dots now and my head is spinning at full speed, serious overload. My head kind of broke last Saturday, major meltdown, the realisation that this is me forever and it’s not just temporary as I always believed kind of really overwhelmed me. I’m much better now but woah, what a day. Just yesterday I got prescribed ADHD medication, Atomoxetine, but I’m a bit uncertain and I’d like to know if any of you had any experience with this here in Japan and how it is\\was. I’m a bit worried because I never had to take anything like this before and the idea of Psychiatric medication is rather scary, I’m worried I won’t recognize myself anymore or that if I start taking it and then decide to stop ill have massive withdrawal effects such as depression which is one of the things I’m battling now. I remeber my brother years ago was miserable and not himself at all anymore while medicated, but I’m not sure what he was taking. Both my japanese therapist and psychiatrist were incredibly reassuring about this, but I’m still feeling hesitant, though I really wish and desperately need my head to slow down cause I can’t really take this anymore. Edit spelling
by ellie_stardust14