I had the opposite experience. I went to a US psychiatrist after realizing I might have some indicators for ADHD. Her approach was to put me on Focalin. Her reasoning was 'it MIGHT be ADHD, try these drugs and see if they help'.
I spent the next week remodeling the house and experiencing terrifying pulmonary symptoms.
Without even checking on me she then switched me onto Dexedrine. I literally walked into her office for what I thought was a follow up session, only to find a prescription for some of the strongest amphetamines on the planet taped to a door. It was like getting a Ferrari for my 16th birthday.
The next few weeks were not fun. Imagine being strapped to a roller coaster with your eyes pinned open. Imagine every single thing you see opening up into a rabbit hole that drags you in. Nothing escaped my attention, nothing could keep me on track. I could focus for hours, but I didn't get to choose what I focused on.
Just taking medication for those two months has fundamentally changed the way my brain works. My mind is not the same as it was before I dived down the amphetamine rabbit hole. I cannot undo the effect these drugs had on my life, and they have irreversibly changed me. Yes, there were positive benefits, but came at the expense of temporarily misplacing my sanity. I can't return to who I was before. I have lost a part of me that I will never regain.
I don't regret having my brain laid open, painful as it was. I don't regret the things I learned about myself. I do regret not having a more responsible, more cautious physician guide me through it. I am still angry that someone who was supposed to 'do no harm' did me more damage with one piece of paper than I thought possible. I do regret my naive assumption that doctors know what they are doing. The consequences of the path I was steered down were not made clear to me, and I am lucky that I came out of it with my sanity vaguely intact.
I am medication free now. I miss the constant focus (although it does come easier now than it did before), but I don't miss the constant feeling that my brain was unraveling every time I opened my eyes.
I have found that keeping notebooks, setting alarms, making to-do lists and being kind to myself helps me manage my life, although it is not easy.
Not sure if that answers your question.