When I go and get my ADHD prescription filled, I always get a look of judgement from pharmacy workers. I've struggled with a lot of shit throughout my life that has caused a lot persistent anxiousness that has always made it difficult to focus. I don't know what the exact issue is, but I was physically/sexually abused as a child, had overbearing parents, and so on, so it's hard to correlate just exactly what's behind it. Anxiety went hand and hand with all of this, and coping became harder and harder (I didn't have a girlfriend/sex until much later in life, failing college, etc). Things got real bad in my early twenties, and meds saved my life. I could do my job, and people could see I was good at it. It helped me calm down. It worked for me, and it may not work for everyone, but please leave that option open to the individual and his/her doctor. I was unmedicated most of my life, and still keep it a secret from every single person I know. There's my anecdote.