I also went through the same guilt when I started taking medication. Until I started taking it, I didn't realize how badly ADD affected my life in every aspect. I feel so much more aware of my surroundings and honestly more involved in my walk with God. Before, I would read the bible and re-read paragraphs and sentences until I forgot what I had read. But now I can read and be able to understand the big picture without worrying over a sentence that did not make sense. Keep praying and realize God is there for you no matter what. He will lead you down the right path,

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Since taking my meds, I have been more proactive in my family, work and at play. The difficulty of retaining what I have read is behind me. My mood swings are even keiled. This means that I can concentration on my prayers and bible reading much more. I am certain that God would also want my quality of life to be better so that I can do his work more effectively.

I am a Christian minister with ADHD. I had a life-changing MVA, compliments of a drunk driver, that resulted in me having traumatic brain injury, fibromyalgia, and myofascial pain. Without medication, my quality of life would be severely diminished. With medication, I teach, preach, write, and am pursuing doctoral studies.

Take your medicine!!! God gave people this knowledge. Give Him thanks and praise for the scientists and medical professionals who have dedicated their lives to using this knowledge to make our lives better.

Wow! have been searching my heart for answers on this question. Love reading all the responses! Glad I'm not the only one that feels this way. I have Adult ADD and my son has ADHD. I have been married for 15 years. I have just recently got meds for ADD. I was in denial about my ADD for years until people started to notice. My husband had always noticed it. My parents didn't do anything about it when I was a child so I suffered. Always learned differently and could not retain information. As an adult now I struggle holding long conversations, cannot read a book long enough to hold my attention, have forgetfulness, and cannot stay focused. Started homeschooling my son and quickly realized it was like the blind leading the blind. So I finally realized that I need medication to help my son with his schoolwork. My son is 14yrs. old and has been taking medication for his
ADHD since kindergarten. I noticed a problem right away when he started school. He was extremely hyperactive and could not sit still long enough to learn anything. In my heart I wanted to believe that I was like everyone else and didn't need any medication. I didn't want to be labeled as "Crazy" or "different." When I realized that I couldn't help my son with homeschool I knew that I needed help. Now that I am taking Vyvanse and my son is taking the same thing I know that it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks of you, it only matters what you think of yourself. I am happy that I can help my son now. God is good all the time.

I agree taking your medicine. You can consider this, we are all here to help each other. We aren't helped by only people from our religion or from this board. Help includes doctors. Consider this, god put people on earth who want to heal so they became doctors.

If you are concerned about side effects, then monitor any changes and talk with your doctor. There may be some people who can manage without meds but that doesn't mean one way or another when it comes to you. We can all give various examples either way but in the end, those examples aren't you.

And though this is both about god and meds, some of these post read a little too . . . rough. So everyone, please remember that things can easily be interpreted as less than kind when responding, especially since it is about God.

I am Christian and a very religious person so when I was reading some of these posts I was starting to get a little nervous. Some were coming across as a little mean. Doctors have the knowledge most people don't about health. Please do not automatically assume that the medicine prescribed is unneeded. Yes, there are certainly cases of just writing a prescription but if ANYONE is ever concerned, remember you can stop the doctor and speak with them. No one is prevented from asking questions or even changing doctors if they feel theirs isn't listening to concerns.

I have had doctors in the past who just wrote a prescription without really interacting with me and I chose to find one who would stop and go over concerns.

And if you are still really concerned about God, you can always speak with your priest. Though, I would say that instead of the question of should I take my medicine, it should be 'Does taking medicine anger God?' as his (or her if you have a female spiritual leader) area is God and not medicine. I feel like that cannot be stressed enough. It is always important to make sure the question is for that person's field of study. That way you can feel more secure in the answer.

Sorry for the ramble, I have just gotten over being sick and hadn't taken my ADD meds for a week because it.

This post is from 2008 …. If you look beside the posters name it states the date the posts were made.....xo

I am a church leader, who teaches theology, physical and inner healing and deliverance. I was not diagnosed and treated for ADD until I was 46.. Since I have been on ritilan, I have felt normal for the first time in my life. The biggest change is that it helps me focus on what needs to be produced for my responsibilities rather than all of the other stresses in my life. ADD/ADHD med stimulate a part of your brain that needs to focus. If you did not need it, you would feel hyped up or anxious. The meds bring healing to your life. This is a good thing. Do not let anyone guilt you about the healing that has come because of meds.

By all means take your meds! ADHD almost caused me to leave the church. I could not concentrate, especially during prayers. If the sermon went longer than normal I felt increasing anxiety, and I could not read the Bible – or any other book – without falling asleep. In the “worst of sinners” category I felt second only to the apostle Paul. I literally felt “I don’t belong here”, but never left because like Peter said, “Where else can we go. You have the words of eternal life.” I was not diagnosed until I was 52 years old; I’m now 64. When I found out the problem was in my brain – not my character or commitment – I was so relieved I cried. My prayers are with anyone else struggling will this. Satan – the accuser – will try to use to use ADHD to destroy you if he can.