Straterra made me tired and drousy all day, I was sexually frustrated because my dick would REFUSE to get hard, and then I would wake up at night, not being able to sleep.

I'm 31 and madication free for 6 years, and have learned to overcome my ADHD on my own. Never swallowing a other ADHD pill again, fuck that shit entirely.

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Glad you got it under control without the pills that made you feel bad. Happy for you

[–] CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago

Thank you!

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (11 children)

I've been on Adderall and Vyvanse for ADHD and binge eating disorder.

The Vyvanse helps a ton with the binges. My doc had suggested I try Concerta if I'm having a hard time finding Vyvanse this month. I was able to find Vyvanse but I had no idea appetite suppression could be so much in the Concerta. Probably way easier than finding/taking any of those fashionable diet injectables. And generic Vyvanse still gets on backorder....

Maybe I'll bring up trying that next time.

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[–] RoyaltyInTraining@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago (8 children)

I wish I could get diagnosed

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Me too. Wish my wife would understand, when I'm being productive and ... crotchety, its basically never because she's done anything wrong, and forcing me to calm down is going to leave us all disappointed.

[–] Korne127@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

I'm sorry for that :/

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[–] Einstein@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Caffeine makes me sleepy. :(

[–] Vibi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Same... It's like 20 minutes of focus and then I need a nap 🤷‍♀️ When I was younger, I'd just inhale energy drinks, but the crashes just kept coming faster and faster.

[–] RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I get sleepy at around noon no matter what i do. I have medication but it doesn't do shit anymore. I need a nap.

The ONLY thing that works is if I'm either really busy or really upset. That is the only way i don't feel tired. 😩

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[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I live by the rule of 200 mg to go slow, 400 mg to go fast.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, that first pot of coffee is just for lulz and keeps me just coherent long enough for my Adderall to kick in.

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[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

If you want extra difficulty, I can recommend you Valproic-acid. It's essentially an ADHD worsener, except you're not really allowed to talk about that due to some people showing toxic positivity to psychiatric medication, in this case it's also an anti-seizure medication.

[–] toxicbubble@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (3 children)

i use weed

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 months ago

I wish weed helped me but it makes me so much worse.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 13 points 2 months ago

Can't fucking stand it. Oh, yeah, make me both completely unable to pay attention to anything and unable to be truly frustrated by that. Don't even get the dopamine people say you're supposed to get more of than the normies, it just makes everything worse.

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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

Ah, is that where my anger problems come from?

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Caffeine & Daily Exercise & a job that is flexible about how we do things. I have only worked at startups and places that change systems a lot, that seems to suit my nature better somehow.

But my favorite T-shirt says

Whiskey and Yoga

[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (14 children)

I so badly want to be medicated again. However I'll require yet another diagnosis even though I have 3 throughout the years. Problem is, it's too difficult for me to get all my ducks in a triangle to get the process moving

Anyways I hear meth works pretty much the same plus it's easier to get so yeah imma check that out

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

... Uh.... Your mileage may vary.

[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Dr's across the Midwest hate this one hack

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[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Wonder how the rate of undiagnosed ADHD is...

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Too damn high.

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[–] addictedtochaos@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

nothing helped me in life like ritalin and elvanse did.

ritalin speaks to me.

[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ritalin was the worst one for me; gave me headaches and was a little too "unstable" or "rough" for me. Elvanse, on the other hand, has been my favorite... smooth as butter. Thinking about switching now that they have a generic version that my insurance will probably cover

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[–] DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago

Caffeine, anger, and a commitment to the bit.

[–] lessthanluigi@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Huh, so THAT's the reason why I listen to so much Punk Rock

[–] wren@feddit.uk 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

AuDHD and completely caffeine free (and stimulant/meds/drugs free too). Caffeine definitely doesn't work for me like it does for other people - makes me sleepy and headachey. I'd rather just work with what I've got, (noise cancelling headphones + being inflexible) even if it has limitations

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[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I wish I could afford therapy.

My health insurance only pays for 2 psych vists/y. This is in "socialist utopia" W-EUR.

We shouldn't mock the US healthcare system, ours is only marginally better.

You wanna know something cool though? If I was alcoholic instead of depressed, I could get help for free.

I hate this entire world and every human being on it, and my parents most of all for bringing me into it.

[–] ZC3rr0r@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This might be a bit sensitive of a question to ask, but what country are you in? Because I've lived in several western European countries and the access to healthcare wildly varies between them. Especially countries that've "enjoyed" a multitude of conservative/right wing governments over the past three decades seem to have really embraced enshittifying healthcare access and affordability while pushing an American-style private system as the "solution".

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Flanders, Belgium. We've been ruled by right-wing austerity hawks for a good decade now, so you hit the nail on the head.

[–] ZC3rr0r@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

I'm sorry to hear that. And yes, it's depressing to see these "privitization will save us all" types destroy public services using the same old playbook of "defund, defund, defund, point out the issues after decades of defunding, then start to slow-roll private options until the public service has been fully hollowed out" everywhere.

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[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Caffeine worsens my existential panics, so I got that going for me, which is not nice.

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[–] VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (5 children)

What's up with the hardhat and glasses on Mac here?

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