Now I can procrastinate on twice as many things! (It is important to realize that medication doesn't make you a different person.) I am still on it, and I did ask to slightly increase my dosage after 12 months. I'm often worried that the effects will wane over time, so I work on improving all of those long term tools (sleep, diet, exercise, etc), but the two most important lessons that I've learned are that its okay to be happy that you stopped drowning, and that caffeine is also a drug that is used to treat ADHD and no one feels guilty about using that.
There was an interesting point a while ago when I could focus on more, I could handle more, but I still couldn't focus on or handle everything... I was still just one normal person. But realizing that, making sense of it, and making decisions based on it, were also new things that were easier. As was connecting with the people in my life. Medication wasn't just making me better at work, but at being a human being. Obviously YMMV, but I think that in our society there is too much guilt around certain drugs. If you feel like you need a life vest, maybe try one on. As many people have said, it isn't especially difficult to stop.
There was an interesting point a while ago when I could focus on more, I could handle more, but I still couldn't focus on or handle everything... I was still just one normal person. But realizing that, making sense of it, and making decisions based on it, were also new things that were easier. As was connecting with the people in my life. Medication wasn't just making me better at work, but at being a human being. Obviously YMMV, but I think that in our society there is too much guilt around certain drugs. If you feel like you need a life vest, maybe try one on. As many people have said, it isn't especially difficult to stop.