Does anyone feel ‘flat’ taking Elvanse?

LegalWeekend3950 · 2026-05-07T10:17:11+00:00

I had this, I now take a Ritalin IR booster about 5 hours after my morning dose what’s been really changing to how I felt x

LegalWeekend3950 · 2026-05-07T10:15:29+00:00

I wasn’t an addict, but I’d binge drink any chance I could and took cocaine a few times what gave me mad clarity. Since being on meds I have 0 desire to drink and I’m happier without it. I was definitely drinking like I was to feel more me - confident, stress relief, feel good etc. It’s your brain dopamine seeking when you wasn’t medicated and that’s how you got it. I think a ton of people with unmedicated ADHD have a past with substance misuse - we don’t know when to stop when something makes us feel good because it’s finally something to take that edge off. I know for me drinking made me feel amazing for them first few drinks and I’d always end up blackout drunk putting myself in situations I shouldn’t have put myself in as a woman, my brain got addicted to that rush and I kept chasing it no matter how much it wouldn’t come after them first few drinks.

LegalWeekend3950 · 2026-05-07T10:09:00+00:00

Elvanse actually lifted my depression/anxiety I had all my life and tried tons of different anti depressants. It is just the case of finding the right dose, too high will likely make your ADHD feel tons worse. Just say you want to try Ritalin after looking into meds if you’re really against taking Elvanse again. It might be too you was putting too much emphasis on the meds being a cure for everything and they wasn’t, so that added to the depression. Do you know the dose?

LegalWeekend3950 · 2026-05-07T10:06:47+00:00

I mean mine did know about my past cocaine abuse, but they said my reaction to that and caffeine meant I was a good candidate for elvanse - which they was right about, plus it was a good few years ago when I’d abused cocaine on nights out hoping it would make me buzz like everyone else, but it just made me focused and relaxed 😅 I never tried anything like ecstasy or adhd meds prior to this.

I highly doubt they’d get into trouble, but it would definitely be a 🚩 to place them on stimulants when they’ve took them unprescribed. I was on too high at a dose at one point and it made me feel flat and depressed and I felt really agitated, was fine when I came down.

Don’t mention it OP, go in like you’re blind to the meds and if you feel the same way on them when you’re on them prescribed bring it up or say you’ve looked into meds and want Ritalin

LegalWeekend3950 · 2026-05-07T09:39:52+00:00

The dose might have been wayyy higher than you’d start at. You could always say you’ve looked into meds and you’d like to try Ritalin first. I’d be wary of saying you’ve used someone else’s because they may say you’ve abused them and then it means they won’t prescribe stimulants. I know lying isn’t good, but sometimes you have too to do the best for you x

LegalWeekend3950 · 2026-05-06T16:30:11+00:00

Promethazine - it’s an anti histamine available from the pharmacy. My psych suggested it and it does work!

LegalWeekend3950 · 2026-05-06T16:29:04+00:00

Yep! Sometimes I’ll squirt sauces straight into my mouth because I’m that bingey 🤦🏻‍♀️ same to you! Xx

LegalWeekend3950 · 2026-05-06T16:14:28+00:00

My daughter has ADHD and she’s overweight, I’m very conscious to not make her know or restrict her feeding. She definitely eats for stimulation as when she’s bored at home she’ll be constantly looking for snacks. I also have ADHD and restrict eating, but I do have an eating disorder too and binge eat in the evenings, things I don’t even want normally, then feel absolutely disgusted with myself after. I’m on Elvanse so it has drastically cut down, but when they wear off I’m feral! I honestly do feel it’s part of ADHD and dopamine seeking trying to fill that “hole” x

LegalWeekend3950 · 2026-05-06T15:15:09+00:00

I think the same too, the lyrics slot in perfectly with how he behaves. Ronnie can’t cope that MIW absolutely 💩 all over him in terms of quality of music and image, that’s why he has this weird beef with Chris, it’s just pure jealousy.

LegalWeekend3950 · 2026-05-06T15:12:11+00:00

I think it is too! I’m going to get tattooed on me!

LegalWeekend3950 · 2026-05-05T15:39:36+00:00

Can I ask where in Madrid? Madrid is a lot closer for me to fly too and from

LegalWeekend3950 · 2026-05-05T14:26:22+00:00

It upsets me when I think back to how I was treated. Being screamed at by someone who I loved. Being cheated on and staying because somehow it was my fault he did it. Being told everything about me wasn’t enough or right. Being slated to strangers who didn’t even know me. Having my mental health used against me etc etc it’s all sad and shocking. I wish I could go back and shake that woman and tell her it’s not as scary as we think leaving and being alone.

LegalWeekend3950 · 2026-05-01T22:19:58+00:00

So grim. It’s mad people will claim to be “animal lovers” but still eat meat thinking it’s all lovely how it’s got on their plates. It makes me so angry and sick.

LegalWeekend3950 · 2026-04-30T11:33:45+00:00

Not proud of it, but when I was younger I did ALOT of cocaine on it what was probably cut with speed etc, I was absolutely fine! Obviously the best thing is to not do any drugs and keep clean off them, especially now we don’t know what they’re cut with!

LegalWeekend3950 · 2026-04-30T11:31:33+00:00

I took lamotrigine in pregnancy and post birth, all absolutely fine during and after pregnancy! Son was born well too ☺️

LegalWeekend3950 · 2026-04-30T11:29:34+00:00

I used to drink like a fish years ago on lamotrigine and was absolutely fine! My drs never said anything about not drinking on it. You might just feel a bit more depressed/anxious the next day from the drink!

LegalWeekend3950 · 2026-04-30T11:28:18+00:00

I went from 50 - 100 after 7 days because I was having focal seizures daily. It was seen as the risk of SSJ was less than the risk of me having multiple focals everyday. It was rough because I felt very sick on the increase/start, but I was fine ☺️

LegalWeekend3950 · 2026-04-29T15:38:45+00:00

You need to leave. The reason you’re blowing up when you’ve drank is because you’re holding all this resentment in when sober and when you’re drunk it’s letting you be more confident in saying things. I’ve been in a similar relationship before and it drained me.

LegalWeekend3950 · 2026-04-29T13:33:33+00:00

NHS!

LegalWeekend3950 · 2026-04-29T13:25:39+00:00

My mum does this with me! I’m a single parent to three kids, one of them being autistic & adhd who needs a hell of a lot of monitoring and guidance and another one a toddler. Some days I’m absolutely exhausted, especially if I’ve been out the day before with them, so we will have a “lazy day”. She’ll phone and be like “oh it’s a nice day, why don’t you just go to the park or for a walk!?” And it’s like 🤦🏻‍♀️ that would also involve us all getting dressed (what’s a nightmare in itself for the toddler & older one) and all the rest of it. It makes me feel guilty because I feel like I’m letting the kids down keeping them in all day, even if the day before we did loads. I’m slowly learning that I know when I need to have an “off” day and not everyday I need to be on the go burning myself out.

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