39 year old male here... Long story short, about a month and a half ago I was prescribed Vyvanse by my neurologist and it has been life changing. My mood, my focus, my ability to complete tasks, the calm in my mind, everything has just been incredible. I've been absolutely convinced that I have ADHD for the longest time and it's been so hard to find a doctor even willing to discuss it with me, let alone treat me for it. My therapist didn't even want to do an assessment for me because of my age, basically saying because I've gone this long in life without medication, I must not need it. Well as I mentioned, my neurologist did end up prescribing me medication, and after telling my therapist about it, he decided now would be a good time to do an assessment. I agreed to go through with it, and I got my results back today...

Basically his conclusion was that, because I scored average or slightly above average on all of the little puzzles and whatnot, that it was not ADHD, but a mood related disorder instead. The only criteria I scored below average on was processing speed, but because working memory was average he felt it pointed more to anxiety than ADHD. This is incredibly frustrating to me... I understand these tests are designed for a purpose, but just because I'm able to hyperfocus when I'm told to remember a string of numbers, how does that change the fact that in a normal life situation, if somebody tells me something I zone out and forget about it a minute later? Or take into account all of my executive function issues, or the constant brain fog, or any of the other myriad of symptoms I have. It just feels completely subjective to me.

I guess my main fear is having my meds taken away from me now. I told my neurologist that I had an assessment done and she was going to request the results, so I don't see how I'll possibly get approval to continue on this medication. I'm just gutted... Have any of you ever been through this before? Any advice?