When Proper, Treatment with Medication Does Not Change One's Personality.

If by personality we mean emotional and behavioral traits that characterize an individual, then those properly treated with medication for their ADD/ADHD should notice only the loss of undesirable traits such as harmful impulses and urges.

No one, in my opinion, should take an ADD/ADHD medication that does not "feel right" or in any way changes one's personality in an undesirable way. That does not happen if they are taking the right medication at the best dosage for them.

I have heard the complaint from a small number of treated ADD/ADHD people, usually teenagers, who, for example, stopped being the class clown or a social butterfly, that medication has had a positive, constructive but "unwanted" effect on their personality.

This kind of complaint tells us something we already know. Humans often hate giving up old behaviors even if they are wacky behaviors.