I got diagnosed with ADHD last week. I already got diagnosed two years ago, but ignored my diagnosis. Got prescribed a modified release Methylphenidate that I'm supposed to take everyday, start with 10mg for the first two weeks, then up my dosage to 20mg for another two weeks and then up my dosage to 30mg after another two weeks (does that even make sense? from the stuff I read online people keep saying they only take it every other day during the week and I'm supposed to take it daily and up my dosage at that?). I'm quiet skeptical about ADHD so I my question is – aren't the meds going to make me feel worse long term? I grew up as a chronically online/chronically in front of the computer/the TV kid, pretty sure I fried my dopamine receptors very early on in life and couldn't feel joy ever since. If meds are supposed to make your brain produce more dopamine/make it feel better with the amount it already has, aren't they going to fry my dopamine receptors/perception of happiness even more long term when I get off the meds? Once MPH is out of my system, isn't the happiness/pleasure threshold raised again, but much much higher? There also seems to be very little research in terms of actualy long term permanent side effects, it all just seems so fishy/scammy, I don't know.