The difference is that most of us don't function in a normal working environment without our medication either. I'm lucky that my chosen profession (SWE) large

The difference is that most of us don't function in a normal working environment without our medication either. I'm lucky that my chosen profession (SWE) largely gives me the autonomy to focus on tasks one at a time and that I can avoid having meetings spaced throughout the day. Most of the rest of "us" however aren't that lucky and will struggle significantly more than they already do if they didn't have that medication. I guess the comparison would be if someone needed to take steroids just to be able to function in day to day life, would it not be expected that they would be taking it as a student? As an example, should students with muscular atrophy or hormonal issues be prevented from taking steroids because it could potentially give them an advantage in gym class? Additionally, I know my medication isn't a great match for me but it's the best out of everything I've tried. Maybe in this sense (and since it's a mental/non-physical issue) the better comparison would be to chronic depression and antidepressants. Essentially, to the best of my knowledge the medication I am currently taking works the best for me but it still only gets me 70-80% of the way to where a normal person would be and the side-effects bring me down 10-20% in another way. In the end the medication gets me half way to functional and I have to structure my life around making up that other half. At no point have I ever considered that my medication was giving me an advantage but rather that it lets me just barely see the starting line.