"I'm going to share with you a video of me medicated and unmedicated, 24 hours apart, because up until recently, I did not know that the people around me were experiencing a different version of me. I was clueless to this, and three weeks into taking the medicine, I told my husband, 'Ain't no point in me taking the stimulant. If it ain't gonna make no big difference. Like, I'm gonna just stop. No point in putting it into my body...'"
"To think that has been his experience with me is really hard to watch. And I do wish that my brain just worked differently, and I could just do something different, but that's not how my brain works. And if it means that the people closest to me, the people I love most in this world, my husband, my son, my family, my friends, get a different version of me that shows up, then I'm just gonna take the medicine,"
A mom and TikToker posted videos comparing her parenting while medicated with Adderall and while unmedicated, garnering nearly 12 million views. She reported starting Adderall about a month earlier and feeling little personal change, describing her brain as still 'going 100 miles per minute.' Recorded clips shown 24 hours apart revealed a calmer, more pleasant morning demeanor when medicated, as described by her husband and noticed by family. Watching the contrast was emotionally difficult; she chose to continue medication so loved ones would experience a better version of her. The videos prompted other creators to share how the posts impacted them, with some saying the content felt lifesaving.
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