> Stimulants come at tradeoffs.

They really haven't had a downside for me. They hugely enable my functionality. I've no desire to take more than I need. If I stop cold turkey, I return to my default unfocused state. That's everything.

As far as I have issues with stims, they're typically due to harmful decisions by the DEA (because LEO are a poor choice for making medical policy).

If you try to quit something, you need to be patient. Like really patient. You can't know what its like until you've given it a few years -- especially if you've been taking them since you were a child. A whole new world might await you if you can figure this bit out.

> I hate specialization. Its fragile. Throughout history, generalists have reigned.

To folks outside the IT industry, I'm a specialist. To those inside, I'm a generalist. My job is solving whatever tech issue the customer has - including working with systems I have no experience with.