You may want to try getting into nature more often. That will help whether or not you are taking meds.

You also may want to try the energy clearing exercise posted on this blog.

http://www.theindigoadults.com/clearing-your-energy-field-how-indigo-adults-and-children-can-feel-better-in-10-minutes-or-less

I don’t have ADD but sometimes even I have trouble paying attention long enough to get through the exercise, but just bring your attention back to the exercise every time in wanders off.

I have never been on psychological meds, but I know a lot of people that have, and most often they have told me that they helps but it sort of numbs them, too. Some of my friends have kept taking them because the benefits outweigh the side effects. Others have chosen to stop them, or to only use them during certain periods of their life, because it was better living with their “disease” (I dislike that word but I don’t know how else to refer to it), than to live with the side effects of the meds.

Again, this IS NOT medical advice, but this is what I would do… stay on the meds, but start to get into nature more, meditate more, and use products and eat foods/drink that are the closest to the way nature made them. I would look for natural alternatives to the meds, like perhaps essential oils or herbs that help me focus and concentrate (again, check with your doc for contraindications).

Once I had that structure in my life and was in a phase of life that was relatively stress-free, I would perhaps want to see how I feel if I took a break from the meds I was taking. So I might go off them and to see what happens. If I feel better, great! If not, I go back on them and appreciate that there are things out there that CAN help me.

Thanks for your comment! I wish you the best!

~ Indigo Leslie ~

You know, medication DOES help me focus. Now I wonder if it does this because it also (temporarily) blocks some of my gifts. I usually feel very present in the moment, and I’m not as empathic as I usually am!

I’ve never been alone in nature long enough to try your example…but now I will.