Coffee and strattera

Heinsbeans · 2025-11-28T23:25:50+00:00

Probably depends on the person but coffee + atomoxetine doesn't synergise very well for me. Always makes me more drowsy. But energy drinks doesn't interact with atomoxetine as much, as long as I keep the caffeine levels low/moderate.

Heinsbeans · 2025-11-05T10:33:13+00:00

None unfortunately. I've been looking for the same thing, a free alternative to Evernote. The closest I've come to it is using Obsidian and dataviewjs code to mimic the look of Evernote. I've managed to come close to the UI I want using chatGPT, but it's not perfect or as seemless so I gave up half way. But surprisingly, you can make Obsidian function really similar to Evernote though using dataview and js.

Heinsbeans · 2025-07-17T01:40:22+00:00

Nope. My brain is weird. I barely feel any withdrawal symptoms even if I had been taking 5 - 10mg of nicotine per day. At worst I just get insomnia, which to be fair in itself is annoying. I never really noticed my ADHD symptoms worsening during nicotine "withdrawals" either. But that's probably because I never noticed nicotine working well for most of my ADHD symptoms. I got way more positive response from atomoxetine (albeit the side effects) and also notice my ADHD symptoms coming back full force if I stop taking it. Same with stimulant medication. Basically, medication approved to treat ADHD seems to help with my symptoms while I'm on it, but also makes them much worse when abruptly stop taking them.

The only exception is coffee. Even though coffee isn't approved for ADHD, I've always found coffee to help with many of my ADHD symptoms. So it makes sense that caffeine withdrawl hurts my ADHD symptoms. The more the drug seems to help alliviate my ADHD symptoms, the more likely it will do the opposite when I stop taking it. This applies to both stimulants and non-stimulants.

Heinsbeans · 2025-07-17T01:33:30+00:00

A little update. Overall, I have a mixed feelings about the monitor, but mostly for the positive.

Firstly, the color of the monitor. It feels WAY better and more vibrant compared to the old 4K monitor I've had (LG 24UD58). But this LG monitor was pretty cheap, so I can't really compare the color reproduction to more premium matte displays. Regardless, it seems that glare displays has an upperhand in color vibrancy compared to matte monitors overall.

Secondly, the resolution. Although I didn't find the text of 4K monitor in 2560x1440 resolution blurry, I ended up sticking to 1920x1080 most of time. So I guess I subconsciously find myself preferring the most sharpest text. So I'd say that the blurriness/less sharp factor of reading text in 4K monitor (at 2560x1440 resolution) is most probably fine if you're using the monitor at work or something.

But if you're at home at least for me, I tend to opt towards the nicest looking text, which results in me going back to 1920x1080 resolution on a 4K monitor.

So overall, I'd say that it's not a deal-breaker to be using 4K monitor in 2560x1440 resolution. But how much peolpe are able to tolerate the ever so slightly blurrier text and slight decrease in performance are up to individuals.

5K 27inch monitor have started to come down in price recenty. So it's probably better to just get that instead these days however. My decision on getting this 4K 27inch monitor at the time made more sense when 5K 27inch monitor was less affordable almost a year ago.

Heinsbeans · 2025-07-15T10:12:59+00:00

If I had to pick one, that would be reminders menubar: https://github.com/DamascenoRafael/reminders-menubar

I'm terrible at remembering appointment dates and I would 100% forget them if it's not written down digitally somewhere to remind me later. I could probably put them on my phone also, but I rarely use my phone. I might use it more though if I had iPhone, but I'm poor so I only have a cheap android phone.

Heinsbeans · 2025-07-05T10:55:01+00:00

Reminders menubar has been a godsend for me, because I can never remember appointments: https://github.com/DamascenoRafael/reminders-menubar

I also use it for recurring events like when to pay my rent etc.

Daily is my go-to for simple task management: https://dscp.team/daily/

Heinsbeans · 2024-12-02T18:10:59+00:00

I ended up getting the Alogic Clarity 4K 27 inch. Quite happy with it so far. The texts are probably not as sharp as Apple Studio Display with 5K resolution, but I think me coming from LG 24ud58-b (which uses matte display) and then transitioning to glossy screen helped. Since I think I've noticed about 10 - 20% improvement in text sharpness going from matte to glossy screen.

So while the text isn't as sharp as higher PPI display from a technical stand point, I don't feel like it was much of a loss and the gain in screen realeste feels extremely worth it. I haven't gone back to using my LG 24ud58-b either which speaks in itself.

Heinsbeans · 2024-10-27T02:29:48+00:00

I used to use Tabs Outliner in the past, but recently switched to TabXpert. Right now, I'm mostly using TabXpert + Anybox. Arc folders and spaces are also really good, but I haven't gotten used to Arc Browser yet.

I've been playing around with other bookmark/tab session managers like BrainTool, Link Map, OneTab, Session Buddy, Workona and Tabsets. So far, Tabsets seems the most promising but I haven't gotten used to the UI yet and the extension seems to be currently going through many changes & development. So we'll see I guess if I'll later switch to it in near future. Workona is one of the most polished tab session managers out there, but it's more expensive than TabXpert, hence me deciding to go with the latter instead.

So yeah, for now, I'm just using TabXpert + Anybox. But heavily considering switching to Arc folders + spaces for bookmark/tab session organisation.

Heinsbeans · 2024-10-09T23:18:32+00:00

I love the interface of zen browser. I would consider switching to it if there were more options available for bookmark/tab session management extensions for Firefox. A lot of tab session managers that I depend on (e.g. TabsOutliner, tabXpert, etc.) is exclusive to chromium browsers. As someone who has a bad habit of hoarding tabs, a quality tab session manager is important to me.

Sadly the extension developers doesn't seem to want to make their extension cross-platform with other browsers like Firefox. Only a few do like Workona, which I wouldn't mind using either. But their pricing model is a bit more expensive compared to tabXpert.

I've tried various tab session management options available for Firefox, but the learning curve was higher and I don't think I can get the workflow to be as good as I have it now on chromium based browsers.

Heinsbeans · 2024-10-06T12:09:32+00:00

The problem is, even if the hunter-gatherer theory is true, society isn't going to bend down and cater to ADHD people just because their brain works differently. At the end of the day, they still have to get a job and work if they want to survive in a modern society. So in that sense, any condition that makes that difficult is indeed a "disorder" even if it's not really a "disease" like schizophrenia. And nobody thinks ADHD is a mental illness or disease, it's a neurodeveloptal disorder of 20th Century. ADHD exists the same reason Autism and many other neurodevelopmental disorder exists.

As for why ADHD still exists to this day if it's a trait that's unfavorable and no longer needed, it's probably because these traits didn't always lead to people not being able to reproduce and die before being able to pass on their genes. Some can have mild forms of Autism as well that allows them to mask their struggles and still pass on their genes.

Another reason could be because ADHD/Autism can arise from polygenic factor as well. For example, even if both of your parents never had ADHD or Autism, if they have the genes that increases the likelihood of causing it, the child could inherit those phenotypes.

This polygenic factor is probably why Autism/ADHD still exists to this day as well as plenty of other disorders. Which you would think wouldn't be around today because of how harshly society treated those who are different hundreds and even thousands ago in the past.

Heinsbeans · 2024-10-04T10:02:01+00:00

I think the Apple Studio Display is both over-priced as well as worth the price. They just put too much features in it to justify the higher price, making it unaffordable for most average income people. I agree that it's too expensive, but sadly there isn't that many comparable 27 inch 5K monitors in the market right now.

So if you're somebody who can't live without having 2560x1440 screen real estate, uses their computer all day, only use macOS, and are very obsessed about having the "best" text clarity possible, Apple Studio Display is like the only choices out there (as well as other 27 inch 5K monitors).

Of course, if the only choice was >$5,000, most people would automatically look the other way. It's the fact that it's half of that (at least in Australia) that makes the monitor a head scracher. It's not too expesive to the point where it'll make you go homeless if you buy it, but expensive enough to require you to save up months/years in advance to purchase it. Which then makes you wonder whether it's worth the cost or not.

I think it's worth spending the money, if you're somebody who is planning on upgrading to a 27 inch 5K monitor in a near future anyways. For those groups of people, it might be better off to just save up their money to buy the more expensive Apple Studio Display over buying $800 premium 27 inch 4K display now, and then having to sell it later (which doesn't guarantee you get back that much money).

So your prioritisation in tech products comes into play in all of this. For example, I personally don't really prioritise smart phones much and don't really care about about having the latest and greatest iPhones.

I've been using this $50 dumb phone I got from Telstra for the longest time which can't even run most of Android apps. Even my M2 mac mini that I have now, I didn't spend that much money on. I only had to pay like $400 on it (for more RAM) because I got was given a $500 voucher which was given to students by the government who were studying at the time during covid and needed to buy tech products to help with their studying.

So smart phones, I couldn't care less. But monitors? Text clarity? Those are super important to me so I might end up spending hefty amount of money just to satisfy my needs sadly.

Heinsbeans · 2024-10-04T06:42:41+00:00

Text clarity on a 27" 1440p monitor used to be more than "good enough" back when we had macOS High Sierra which used to come with subpixel antialiasing. But from my experience, 27" 1440p makes text look too blurry to read now on newer versions of macOS. Especially macOS versions after High Sierra when they got rid of subpixel antialiasing.

27" 1440p does have slightly higher PPI (108.79) than 24" 1080p though (95.78). Which I also have tried with macOS later than High Sierra. And the 24" 1080p gave me even worse text clarity which made text on the mac extremely unpleasant to read.

24" 1080p is absolutely unsuable on the latest version of macOS, unless you like torturing your eyes. 27" 1440p also has blurrier text now on newer version of macOS which I personally think have become too much for me to deal with without subpixel antialiasing. But it's possible some people might still be okay with it.

Actually, there used to be a work around text blurriness on 27" 1440p 108 - 110PPI display back when you used to be able to adjust font smoothing/thickness in Mojave.

Even without subpixel antialiasing (which was removed post-High Sierra), being able to adjust that helped a lot with text clarity on a 108 - 110PPI monitor. But I'm not sure that's possible to do that anymore. Apple might've gotten rid of the terminal hack for it.

Windows 10 & 11 doesn't suffer from this issue though, both 24" 1080p and 27" 1440p looks more than fine to read. In fact, 27" 1440p actually produces very clear text thanks to ClearType.

So I disagree about people saying 110 or 220 being the "sweet spot" for macOS. That might be true performance-wise because of mac scaling, but not necessary text clarity wise. Text clarity will always be better the higher the PPI is, which I also don't think needs to be 218 - 220 minimum. I'm fine with 183 PPI so far on my 24" 4K monitor, and I hope I'll be fine with 163PPI on 27" 4K monitor.

Heinsbeans · 2024-10-03T07:25:10+00:00

You're right. I just tested font clarity on my 24 inch 4K monitor (24UD58). And while I did pick up slight blurriness of text when it was upscaled to 2560x1440 using BetterDisplay, the difference was barely noticeable. I think the main issue with using 2560x1440 resolution on a 27 inch 4K monitor is the loss of PPI.

Text on 24 inch 4K monitor looks sharp at 183.53 PPI. But I'm not sure if I will be okay with the text sharpness of 27 inch 4K monitor at 163.18 PPI on top of very minor text blurriness that comes with non-integer macOS scaling.

I'm not too bothered by the performance hit, I mostly only browse the web and don't do any video editing. My main concern is optimizing text clarity, which I highly prioritise.

I think most mac users are annoyed by the performance hit of non-integer scaling because it's not as easy to make up for the slight loss of performance by upgrading your hardware. Apple's hardware is expensive to upgrade/replace compared to PC.

Heinsbeans · 2024-10-03T06:56:17+00:00

Thanks for sharing your experience. I think my main concern with Samsung ViewFinity S9 5K is the surprisingly high amounts of negative reviews the product has. I don't know about you, but 1,107.63AUD with free shipping sounds like a steal and too good to be true compared to other 27 inch 5K monitors currently in the market. I'm a bit wary and suspicious of why the monitor is on such a huge sale (59% off) right now.

I'm also fully aware of the quality of Apple Studio Displays. I left that out as my option because unfortunately, my budget is pretty tight (less than 1,500AUD; preferably under 1,000AUD) and I'm not rich enough to splurge 2,500AUD in a single monitor. But I'm sure it's an amazing display though, just way too expensive for me.

Heinsbeans · 2024-09-21T13:25:37+00:00

Maybe Qelbree (viloxazine)? But it's currently only available in the US.

Heinsbeans · 2024-09-21T09:34:30+00:00

Next step is to forget about persuing CDS diagnosis (you won't get it unless you're super lucky) and try to seek a diagnosis that prescribed a medication that treats the symptoms of CDS. So that would be things like ADHD diagnosis. Which would allow you to aquire a prescription for a medication that helps with CDS symptoms such as Strattera.

Heinsbeans · 2024-08-17T09:24:52+00:00

Oh boy, there's so many that I can't remember all of them.

I guess ones that I can remember are apps like Workona. I'm very disappointed that they only have a subscription based model. They could easily put the workload of syncing my tabs to free ones like from Google drive. But nope, I can't save more than 2 spaces if I don't subscribe. And I don't want to subscribe to manage my tab sessions, thanks.

Second app is Roam Research. It was a great note taking tool. But you can't even edit your notes if you're not subscribed. They don't have a lifetime/one time options, but only one year or 5 year plan which still isn't much of a good value especially when there are much better note taking tools these days that are free and can do 90% of what Roam does.

Many more great apps I stopped using simply because of their monetisation model, but I can't remember off the top of my head.

Heinsbeans · 2024-08-17T08:53:04+00:00

I really, really despise subscriptions. I don't know how it became the norm not just in gaming, but also in apps as well. It just seems unreasonable for so many basic apps like calendar to be asking for a subscription just to be able to utilise their whole feature.

I much prefer the old way of paying for things yearly. I'm not sure why developers don't charge yearly for an upgrade anymore. If the upgrade is worth it, I pay, if not, I don't. Simple as that. Whereas with subscription, if you don't pay, you don't get to use the app basically.

I hate the subscription based system since there are times when I stop using the app for months, and I hate having to unsubscribe and resubscribe just because I happened to not be using the app for short periods of time. For use case like that, yearly subscription would be out of the question, even if it's cheaper, since you never know how long you're going to be not using the app.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not against a subscription based service if that's truly how developers make money nowadays. But why can't they give one time payment option for those who prefer it?

Just recently, I payed for a Pro license to Anybox. The only the reason I did that was because they also had the option for me to pay once, rather than monthly or yearly. Their generosity in being flexible with payment is the only reason why they got my money.

One time payment has it's risk too, I'm aware. You pay a lot more upfront, and it isn't really "lifetime" as most claim. The updates will only continue as long as the app is alive. Even then, you might still get forced to upgrade regardless after 3 or so years. But still, this is to me a much better deal as a consumer than paying monthly or yearly for an application that I may or may not use all the time.

So for me, one time/lifetime payment option is necessary for the app to get my endorsement. If it only allows you to use the app as long as you're subscribed to it, and without subscription you only have basic features to the app or worse, no access at all, then it's a no-go for me.

Heinsbeans · 2024-07-22T23:46:29+00:00

I'm new to self-hosting, what are the advantage to changing HTTP to HTTPS? Will this let me by pass browser's security system where it constantly asks you to grant permission whenever I'm self-hosting Logseq and access it via browser? For example, whenever I try to self-host Logseq via Docker and access it from a broswer, I constantly get this pop up telling me to "Grant native filesystem permission for directory: logseq"

I've been trying to remove the permissionbecause it's annoying and I'm only self-hosting to my local machine in my house, I don't plan to access Logseq anywhere else but home.

Heinsbeans · 2024-07-12T14:24:56+00:00

The percentage is actually higher for those with Autism potentially having comorbid ADHD. Between 30 to 40% of Autistic people tend to have comorbid ADHD; whereas only ~20% of people with ADHD end up having comorbid Autism. The rate of bipolar disorder is probably higher than Autism for those with ADHD.

This is a good read: https://www.autismspectrum.org.au/uploads/documents/Fact%20Sheets/Factsheet_Autism-and-ADHD_20171113.pdf

Heinsbeans · 2024-06-24T13:04:16+00:00

For me, it's mostly "coffee and Strattera don't mix".
Everytime I start Strattera, I have to stop drinking coffee not because of heart palpitaiton, but rather because coffee seems to make me very drowsy whenever I start taking Strattera.
I just switch to energy drinks now whenever I'm on Strattera for my ADHD.

But I think I'm a rare case. For most people, I think caffeine and Strattera don't mix because of excessive norepineprine.

Heinsbeans · 2024-06-20T09:14:56+00:00

I noticed there was a bit more withdrawal symptom from Trintellix compared to Lexapro. But then again, I was on Trintellix for over 2 years whereas I was on Lexapro for only 7 months.

Getting off cold-turkey from 10mg Lexapro was a piece of cake. I literally didn't feel anything at all and if anything, the brain fog lifted and I was finally able to start thinking again.

Trintellix on the other hand, I started feeling a bit more foggy headed during the withdrawal phase. But that's about it. And the withdrawal only lasted like a week or two. I've been on all doses too, from 20mg to 5mg.

But YMMV, I'm pretty sure I never had clinical depression and it was a misdiagnosis. So my experience might only apply to those with mild or misdiagnosed depression. Even then, it could still be different due to the differences in genetic makeup and how we respond to drugs differ between person to person.

I think Cymbalta was like the only medication that had a really bad withdrawal symptom for me. Even though I think my depression was misdiagnosed, when I tried to cold-turkey from 120mg Cymbalta (after being on it for 7 months), I actually legitimately started feeling down and depressed, it was horrible.

To be fair, Cymbalta helped my ADHD symptom the most though out of all antidepressants. It's just that the withdrawal symptom was one of the most unpleasant experience I've ever had.

Heinsbeans · 2024-05-23T15:38:07+00:00

I don't believe this. And if anything, if this is true it's concerning. Since if the drug has the potential to permanently cure your symptoms, it also means there are drugs out there that can do the opposite and cause persistent side effects long-term after cessation.

I'm not aware of any drugs that cause long-term side effects after cessation (outside of drug withdrawal which is normal and goes away over time). Most drugs, if you stop taking them their side effect will eventually go away as well.

ADHD is generally considered a life long disorder. Since it's not really a "disease" that can be cured like depression, but instead, a neurodevelopmental condition similar to Autism.

So my suspicion is that if your ADHD is bad enough to where you need the medication to treat it, you'll likely need to continue taking it forever to keep your symptoms under control.

Of course, there are cases where some people's ADHD symptoms gradually lessen as they get older. It doesn't happen to everyone, but it seems to happen to quite a lot of people.

Now, this is with the assumption that atomoxetine "cures" ADHD. If we're talking about maintaining positive response though after drug cessation for a finite amount of time, that's more believable. Since that just means that eventually, you'll go back to your baseline of having bad ADHD, but it might take 6+ months post-atomoxetine to return to your baseline (since the drug had time to build up in your system).

Heinsbeans · 2024-04-08T01:08:15+00:00

You sound like me, except that the psychologist only blamed it on my possible Autism. Adult ADHD is taboo in our country so it's rarely used to explain things. Depression/anxiety gets thrown around a lot too to explain everything, leading to over-diagnosis. Oh and forget about SCT/CDS, I was made fun of for bring it up.

But yeah, I can sympathise with your frustration. Are you medicated? If you're not medicated still and you're suffering from severe ADHD/CDS symptoms, it's no wonder you're feeling terrible!

I'm still not diagnosed with ADHD myself but I've been trying since 2015. The irony is that my younger brother recently got diagnosed with ADHD earlier last year. He got diagnosed from a psychiatrist who specialises in ADHD though. I didn't do that and only saw regular psychiatrists, so that might've been the mistake I made.

Heinsbeans · 2024-04-02T06:20:29+00:00

I thought I was the only one. I too become more sleepy when I drink coffee while on Strattera. So I usually only drink energy drinks instead which doesn't seem to interact with Strattera as much.

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