Oh, I've absolutely heard of people with undiagnosed ADHD who had to take meth or something because their doctor would not help them. It's just that without the help of a medical professional and prescription, it can pretty quickly spiral out of control based on the person's subjective judgement, which is notably impaired when euphoria-inducing drugs are involved (of which meth is a particularly notable example), and said spiralling becomes more dangerous when the drugs are easily neurotoxic (of which meth is also a particularly notable example).
Not to say responsible people don't exist, but rather that without a framework to support them, it's all their own personal responsibility. And there's also preliminary studies showing meth being somewhat neuroprotective at low doses, so if someone is using it purely for productivity, and taking the right supplements, it's possible that they could avoid damaging themselves too much.
But this is all theoretical and basically I don't fully believe in self-medicating for an ADHD case that you could be getting a real prescription for. I do believe in self-medicating using psychedelics and the like because there's no prescription treatment for that (yet), but as soon as you're allowed to ask a medical professional to help, I think you should.
FWIW even once psilocybin clinics become a thing, I'm still going to be taking LSD at home, because home has my toys and my friends, and clinics have neither. But if one day I can be prescribed LSD to take home and use on my own terms, I'd be glad to ask a professional for advice on it, and get a prescription. Just has to, you know, be legal first.
Not to say responsible people don't exist, but rather that without a framework to support them, it's all their own personal responsibility. And there's also preliminary studies showing meth being somewhat neuroprotective at low doses, so if someone is using it purely for productivity, and taking the right supplements, it's possible that they could avoid damaging themselves too much.
But this is all theoretical and basically I don't fully believe in self-medicating for an ADHD case that you could be getting a real prescription for. I do believe in self-medicating using psychedelics and the like because there's no prescription treatment for that (yet), but as soon as you're allowed to ask a medical professional to help, I think you should.
FWIW even once psilocybin clinics become a thing, I'm still going to be taking LSD at home, because home has my toys and my friends, and clinics have neither. But if one day I can be prescribed LSD to take home and use on my own terms, I'd be glad to ask a professional for advice on it, and get a prescription. Just has to, you know, be legal first.