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The medicine gives you a normal amount of focus, which isn't magical or anything. That is why you don't notice it until you don't have it.
Like water or food, you don't know what you are missing until you have enough and then don't.
I think I also just need therapy to learn habits with which I can make the best use out of these meds
I am on medication because I couldn't stay focused long enough to develop some habits. Now I can still do them even without medication because of being able to develop them and enough repetition, but medication still helps with developing new habits!
It definitely helped with some things, but not so much with others. Is to be expected, though.
Anyhow, I'll talk to my doctor about it, how to proceed. Methylphenidate didn't feel all too right to me, even if some things worked, like craving less sugar
That's what medication is ultimately for. To help you learn those habits.