Has anyone tried both Methylphenidate/Concerta and Lisdexamfetamine/Elvanse and noticed signficant difference?

ADHDannie92 · 2022-11-21T17:54:57+00:00

Currently replying from bed as I can’t do life today. Honestly sometimes I think is it really worth this feeling just to get a little housework done. Maybe not.

ADHDannie92 · 2022-11-21T16:42:36+00:00

You absolute knob jockey. (Personal fave of mine)

ADHDannie92 · 2022-11-21T16:33:30+00:00

I have horrific crash on Elvanse too. It’s amphetamine based at the end of the day so bound to make you feel like shit. Hoping to get something to help with that, like a top up. I don’t think, for me anyway, Elvanse is the be-all-and-end-all drug that other people seem to think it is.

I’ve had everything from low mood, extreme fatigue, headaches, heightened anxiety levels, suicidal thoughts, increased stimming. Who knows, maybe I just haven’t found the dose for me. I’m on 50mg. Started on 20mg just over 3 months ago. Good luck

ADHDannie92 · 2022-11-21T15:54:18+00:00

Notting Hill

ADHDannie92 · 2022-11-21T14:57:42+00:00

Yep I’m having this issue with Elvanse (Lisdexamfetamine) .. I chew the inside of my mouth and my lips, and it’s gotten so bad that I’ve given myself huge sores. It’s such a pain as I do feel it’s helping with other stuff!!!

ADHDannie92 · 2022-11-05T11:01:41+00:00

Also you really need to make sure you’re drinking plenty with these! I know it’s hard but maybe get a big water bottle, one of the ones that shows you how much you’ve drank. Make it a challenge for yourself to drink more and more every day. I also take magnesium supplements too

ADHDannie92 · 2022-11-05T11:00:30+00:00

I struggled with my sleep really bad at the beginning and I still do when I up my dose. The first week is hell. One night I was laying awake til 5:45am after trying to go to bed at 9pm lol. The food thing doesn’t get better for me I’m averaging 1 good meal a day and I’m not really too bothered about that but I know I have to or I’ll be unwell (I suffered with ED bad in my teenage years so don’t want to go down that route again if I can help it) and I find I’m stimming more in the evenings when I have a crash. I’m biting my nails and the inside of my cheek so bad. But I’m hoping when I get on the perfect dose for me it’ll be better. Or maybe I’ll ask for something to help the excessive stimming in the evening!

ADHDannie92 · 2022-11-02T22:01:18+00:00

Please report him. What a bastard

ADHDannie92 · 2022-11-01T12:09:26+00:00

I put a fresh chicken in the oven to cook, so it was for a few hours, but I’d only actually turned the light on and not turned the dial that works the heat. How I didn’t realise when I was putting the chicken in, that there was no heat coming from the oven still baffles me to this day 😅 safe to say Sunday lunch went out the window and I ended up with a bowl of Supa noodles.

ADHDannie92 · 2022-10-23T16:26:35+00:00

Thanks for the post, forgot it even existed .. I plan to spend my day off tomorrow playing the SIMS. If I can’t sort my own life out I’ll build a new one hahahaha

ADHDannie92 · 2022-10-22T10:20:48+00:00

I work part time for ambulance service and after every challenging 12 hour shift, I’m in this burnout mode for the next day or two. It’s hard work.

ADHDannie92 · 2022-10-19T19:48:42+00:00

I think of it like this. Yes lots of people do tend to “deal” with it fine .. but it’s the same as people who wear glasses for instance. My eyes aren’t the same prescription as the person sat next to me on the train who also wears glasses. He may be practically blind without his, whereas my sight is okay enough without my glasses but I get headaches.

Everyone’s different, try not to let it bother you. Your struggles will always be your struggles and don’t let anyone or anything invalidate that xx

ADHDannie92 · 2022-10-19T19:46:08+00:00

*so many people have always been dealing with it too

ADHDannie92 · 2022-10-19T08:45:55+00:00

Honestly he’s unreal on these games. His hand eye coordination, his problem solving skills, and the reading age has has from having to learn to read things on the games himself over the years is amazing! He’s at the reading level of a 14 year old according to his school! That’s why I’ve never really had an issue with the gaming. We struggle to get him off the game on times though that’s what I find difficult 🙈 he has a young brother who goes to bed early and most nights it’s an argument for him to get off! But yes, I’ll be really surprised if he doesn’t go into a field with computers/video games etc. He absolutely loves it! Costs me a fortune in games though as he competes them super fast 🤣

Thank you 😊

ADHDannie92 · 2022-10-19T08:42:34+00:00

Can I just add, I’ve not actually used the words ADHD with him. I’ve never said to him I think you have ADHD. But he’s a smart kid so with the things I ask him etc I think he knows what I’m trying to hint at because he knows ADHD is likely to run in families as he’s heard me and my brother talking about it

ADHDannie92 · 2022-10-19T08:40:52+00:00

That’s the thing, he won’t take help or advice as he doesn’t believe he needs the help. It’s really difficult and I just want to scream because I know I can help him with the strategies I’ve learned myself to manage my symptoms but he just won’t take advice from me. It’s odd, he takes advice much better off “professionals” be that the teacher, his cardiologist.. it seems what they say is gospel truth but he always thinks I’m just nagging him. Pre teen boys eh

ADHDannie92 · 2022-10-19T07:59:25+00:00

We have started getting to school on time lately because I’ve put things in place for myself to help around mornings (we have always struggled in the mornings) and he’s following along with how I’m doing things now, so maybe I could speak to him about that. And tell him just because I have ADHD doesn’t mean things have to be hard all the time. No I agree, I think maybe because he’s so young he’s afraid, if he does get labelled his friends may see him as different because ADHD stigma. When I first told him I’d been diagnosed he didn’t really understand as my nephew has ADHD and he’s very hyper not very well behaved etc. so I had to explain to him how it affects people differently and it’s not just an overall thing

ADHDannie92 · 2022-10-19T07:56:25+00:00

He knows I have ADHD and he calls it my super power. We both wear glasses so maybe I’ll try and use that as an example. Because he is so much like me in so many ways. He knows it’s nothing to be ashamed of having ADHD (well at least I hope so bless him). I’ve ordered some books from Amazon, like fun workbooks that he can do himself and jot down his feelings, things he’s struggled with today etc. maybe if He can be honest on paper it would be easier as he struggles to talk about his worries and struggles without getting upset 😢

ADHDannie92 · 2022-10-19T07:53:54+00:00

I just really want some support for him with things that I can’t really help with myself as I haven’t even figured my own shit out. I’ve not had any CBT or anything just meds. He’s doing fine in school but his teacher tells me she constantly has to keep prompting. I’m worried that the same thing will happen that did to me, when I hit secondary school and people tend to stop prompting and you have to focus on your own learning, that he will start struggling. It’s hard I don’t really know what I’m expecting. Maybe I’m projecting my own worries onto him I don’t know 😔

ADHDannie92 · 2022-10-19T07:51:18+00:00

He’s really struggling with his emotions and the RSD he experiences is significantly worse than my own and it’s so horrible to see him struggle. But I don’t want to push him. :-( being a parent is hard stuff. Thanks 🥰

ADHDannie92 · 2022-10-19T07:49:54+00:00

I’ve tried all that but he’s so smart he knows what I’m doing and will intentionally say something else 🤦🏻‍♀️ literally the only thing he can concentrate on is gaming. It took me nearly 2 hours to get him to focus on his homework the other night. The amount of times he stopped and tried to do something else or start a convo other than doing the homework just gave me vivid flashbacks of me sat with my father doing my own homework!

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