I recently had to stop taking my vyvanse due to some bad side effects and holy shit I forgot how bad this was. I can’t do anything. I have so much shit I need to do but I sit down to do it and it genuinely fills me with dread. I am just staring at my computer. Even getting to the webpage I needed took hours of convincing. This is horrible, even caffeine isn’t helping. What do y’all do? How do you manage?

  • Zilliah@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Routine, write down EVERYTHING (because anything verbal doesn’t register for me), and struggle through it. I’ve been trying for years to find the right medication, I don’t even know the name of the one I just had to stop due to severe insomnia and dizzy spells. Which has been the theme for every single one where the dizzy spells are so bad, it’s no better than my scatterbrained ADHD brain. Yes, even Vyvanse made me very dizzy; I was so hopeful for that one…

  • Klanky@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    2 months ago

    My wife is desperately trying to find out what medication will work for her…

  • Twitches@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Childhood trauma, caffeine, nicotine. And some positive feedback I have routines. I have a routine for getting ready in the morning, I have a routine for when I come home, I have a routine for night time. When the weekend comes if I have things to do I just load up on caffeine. My work day is filled with schedules and timelines.

  • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I don’t. I vaguely function for months on end, eventually get overwhelmed and panicky, then consume excessive amounts of caffeine and giggle to myself till the caffeine crash hits and I’m too tired to think.

  • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Before I was diagnosed?

    Poorly, very poorly lol

    It literally felt like I was try to fill a bucket with sand and the only shovel I had was a sieve.

    I’d literally have to wake up 5-6 hours before I had to be anywhere just to make sure I could finish my breakfast and coffee before leaving. And then I’d still more often than not finish eating or drinking my coffee in the car on the way.

    I feel you on the “Having to stop a med because of the side effects,” before I was diagnosed with ADHD I was diagnosed with anxiety and I tried about a dozen different meds for it ovwr the years before calling that off and just going unmedicated. Funnily enough after my ADHD diagnosis and getting on the meds I am now (Straterra) I’ve only had 1 panic attack in the last year vs one a week or so. And I’m able to start and finish tasks. It’s fucking witchcraft.

    • ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      It literally felt like I was try to fill a bucket with sand and the only shovel I had was a sieve.

      Couldn’t have said it better tbh

  • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    heart exploding levels of caffeine, just keep adding more it works eventually

    (do not do this I had to survive college somehow and was desperate)

    • general_kitten@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      2 months ago

      caffeine tolerance increases very quickly, so one has to constantly increase the dose for it to be effective. I am currently trying to get a diagnosis after procrastinating for too long on that (why the hell does getting help to overcome my problems require me to overcome my problems). Not sure how caffeine exactly works in adhd brains but for me as how i understand it works in neurotypical also it should be possible to reverse the tolerance for caffeine by spending 2-5 days without any. Having gone through that i can say you need to be prepared to just lay in bed for that time.

    • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I wish you the best of luck, it took me years to get the right diagnosis and then about 7 months to get the appointment with a doc to prescribe me some meds.

      Hopefully your journey is smoother than mine was.

      • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        My current psychiatrist doesn’t want to prescribe me any stimulants because of the potential for abuse. For the record, I have no, uh, record of drug use. I don’t even fucking drink. I get the caution, but it’s deeply frustrating.

        • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          2 months ago

          I found my current awesome psychiatrist at growtherapy.com. It took me a couple tries; I honestly don’t know how the first one still has a license to practice. No problems getting Adderall after that (other than the ridiculous hurdles the pharmaceutical industry has put in place). The behavior you are describing from your current psychiatrist is exactly the shit I was trying to avoid, and I spelled that out clearly in my first appointment with my current psychiatrist.

  • feedum_sneedson@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Buddy, I’m like this medicated. I don’t cope, I don’t manage. I can’t get a proper job and I’m increasingly ready to plan my exit.

    • DokPsy@infosec.pubEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Get thee some therapy bro. Medication is a tool, not a magic fix. You still gotta do the work on yourself. The meds just make it easier to do

      • feedum_sneedson@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I have had a lot, but I didn’t find it very helpful for ADHD, and genuinely prohibitively expensive for someone like me who has no idea how to make money. It felt like I was spending all my money talking about my broken leg, if that makes sense.

  • bionicjoey@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I recently had to stop taking my vyvanse due to some bad side effects and holy shit I forgot how bad this was

    FYI you are probably also dealing with withdrawal in addition to being unmedicated. Getting off of meds after having been on them is a very different experience from never having been medicated.