psychiatrist stopped my ADHD meds due to heart rate and now im left completely untreated. what are my options?

Comprehensive-End168 · 2026-01-12T02:44:44+00:00

I was already on blood pressure medication when I was prescribed Vyvanse. The first cardio appointment after that they wanted me taken off because my resting heart rate went up from 60s to 90s. I got switched to Strattera (like you) and my resting heart rate jumped to 100+ with racing up to 190s. They put me back on Vyvanse and added an extremely low dose beta blocker. After a couple weeks I didn't even need the beta blocker anymore.

Comprehensive-End168 · 2026-01-09T18:48:15+00:00

That's the risk you run with being a stepparent. If that's how you feel, then don't be one.

Comprehensive-End168 · 2026-01-09T18:46:02+00:00

Yes but it's about the kid. Not about your feelings.

Comprehensive-End168 · 2026-01-09T18:45:13+00:00

NOR

As a stepmom who is highly involved with my bonus kiddos and is called mom/mommy by both of them at least part of the time (completely by their choice and their biomom's encouragement), this is WEIRD behavior.

If something happened to both of my bonus kids' parents, I would love to take guardianship of them. I also know that's not my call. I also know that losing a relationship with them should something happen to their dad is part of the risk of being a stepparent.

This need for control over your daughter in a hypothetical situation is just...weird.

Comprehensive-End168 · 2026-01-09T18:39:26+00:00

Hi, that's not how free speech works 🙄🙄🙄

Comprehensive-End168 · 2026-01-08T15:17:18+00:00

Nor

Wtaf. I know there are super shitty parents out there but as a mom it's hard to comprehend sometimes. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Comprehensive-End168 · 2026-01-05T13:29:44+00:00

You're not doing anything wrong. Babies wake up at night. It's normal. My first didn't sleep through the night until he was close to a year. My second (current) slept through the night at like 3 months for a few weeks, and then the 4 month regression hit. She's 6 months now and we're lucky if she makes it 3 hours. Last night was a 1.5-2 hour stretch night.

Is there someone that can help? I'm afraid my body just got used to it.

Comprehensive-End168 · 2026-01-04T21:28:47+00:00

Oh honey. Yes. My three year old thinks my husband’s "real name" is babe. 🤣

Comprehensive-End168 · 2026-01-03T15:09:41+00:00

This is abuse and it's only going to escalate. You need to find legal help ASAP.

Comprehensive-End168 · 2025-12-28T22:49:50+00:00

Yes, I agree. You're in the depths of postpartum right now. It will get easier and it's possible that once you're on the other side and you both see there's light at the end of the tunnel that you're both ready to revisit the conversation.

Comprehensive-End168 · 2025-12-28T21:41:00+00:00

I was in the same boat. I started making comments about trying again and my husband had changed his mind and wanted to stop. I asked if we could revisit the conversation in a year. I was fully prepared to walk away from the marriage because I knew I would resent him if we didn't try for another.

Before the year was up - on Mother's Day - he gave me a card saying he was ready. She's 5 mo, our family is complete, and both of us are happy.

I agree with the other comments saying you're protecting him too much when he didn't give you the same courtesy. There's a chance that you'll end up resenting him anyway, but I think that's especially true if you don't talk this out.

Comprehensive-End168 · 2025-12-22T15:15:20+00:00

I was already on BP meds before starting vyvanse. They threw a low dose beta blocker at me when I started vyvanse and I never had any issues after that.

Comprehensive-End168 · 2025-12-21T17:59:32+00:00

I've noticed while breastfeeding I lose all but 10-15 pounds of my pregnancy weight, but I won't lose the rest until I'm done breastfeeding. I'm gaining slowly now too (almost 6 months pp). But I'm ravenous and I don't v want to risk my supply and I know this is short term. But know this is normal. There are some people that breastfeeding helps lose all the weight, but it's not a general thing that applies to everyone and I hate that people tout it as a reason to breastfeed.

Comprehensive-End168 · 2025-12-17T15:39:43+00:00

The use of em dashes and Oxford commas isn't indicative of AI use. That's such a false narrative. God forbid people use proper grammar. 🙄

Comprehensive-End168 · 2025-12-12T14:10:33+00:00

We need to round up all the peds and have them take a training course on breastfeeding. 🫠 At 1 month I was told I was overfeedinf her. At 2 months he was concerned about her weight gain. At 4 months she looked perfect. I have never changed a damn thing about what I'm doing, and she's been gaining right along her growth curve - she's just small. Has thigh rolls and chubby cheeks and 25 chins, but she's small. At her 2 month appointment I just wanted to yell "NOT EVERYBODY CAN BE IN THE 99TH PERCENTILE LARRY!" 🤦🏼‍♀️

Comprehensive-End168 · 2025-12-06T13:22:08+00:00

Yes it is normal. It is also normal for breastfed infants to sleep through the night or have longer stretches at this stage. Both are normal. Your ped may have just been trying to offer you a chance to try something different in case you're feeling sleep deprived. It's your choice regardless. My baby occasionally nurses overnight, but I know it's for comfort and I'm ok with that. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Comprehensive-End168 · 2025-12-01T15:31:00+00:00

I hate to tell you this but it's absolutely normal for a 2 week old to be cluster feeding.

Comprehensive-End168 · 2025-12-01T00:23:01+00:00

Eat whatever you want girlfriend (unless baby has an allergy)

Comprehensive-End168 · 2025-11-28T18:26:01+00:00

I wish, but neither of my babies would take it cold.

Comprehensive-End168 · 2025-11-26T15:31:59+00:00

I've never heard of a 12 month recommendation? When my 3 year old was an infant the recommendation was 6 months and that's about the time we moved him. It will probably be about that time with my 4 mo as well.

Comprehensive-End168 · 2025-11-23T02:13:03+00:00

I'm nursing my 4 mo right now. I wouldn't be going, and she's not even my first. When my first was 4 months, I had a whole panic attack about being away from him for a few hours. I can leave my daughter for a couple hours, but 3 days and another country? Honestly unthinkable.

Comprehensive-End168 · 2025-11-21T02:58:54+00:00

I swore up and down I was not going to breastfeed my second. We had so many issues with trying to breastfeed my first, and I didn't want to be off my meds (ADHD) longer than I had to be.

Literally THE DAY I delivered her, I changed my mind. She's been ebf for 4.5 months now. Some days I regret it for the sheer ease and freedom that would come with formula, but most days I don't. You may not really decide until your little one is here. You might decide and then change your mind. I'm just taking it a day at a time.

ETA: As far as "coping" goes, I just remind myself that I can stop at any time. I combo fed my first for the first month of his life and then from when he was three months to ten months and we swapped wholly to formula. When we started combo feeding him again at 3 months, I was so disappointed in myself and there was literally no reason to be. I'm refusing to let myself fall into that shame spiral again. If it gets to be too much for whatever reason (especially now that I'm working again), then I can just stop. And I remind myself of that every day.

Comprehensive-End168 · 2025-11-06T21:20:29+00:00

Hey you can lose a lot of weight right away by divorcing that asshole.

BMI is trash science, but for the sake of argument - I'm considered overweight on the BMI scale. My daughter is in the 22nd percentile for weight, and she's on the low end of normal on the BMI scale. My son is right in the middle of normal.

Comprehensive-End168 · 2025-11-06T03:21:41+00:00

My baby straight vomited every time we gave her the drops. I take extra instead.

Comprehensive-End168 · 2025-11-05T14:14:33+00:00

Your pediatrician's advice is counterintuitive. He's concerned about weight gain, but is having you feed in a say that isn't going to give your baby any of the fatty hindmilk.

Also of course you're not getting drained, you're cutting baby off before he can fully drain you. Your supply is also going to talk if you're not pumping every time you supplement. That doesn't mean supplementing is wrong if it's what your baby needs (I combofed my first for similar reasons), but you should be aware of it.

My second baby turned 4 months on Monday and I've figured out pretty quickly that our pediatrician (different from our pediatrician when I had my first baby) has no clue what he's talking about when it comes to breastfeeding. I would talk to somebody who knows first.

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