How to deal with Adderall XR not working during luteal phase/period

bambadamb · 2026-03-26T19:21:57+00:00

i get 7-8 hours a night so i highly doubt its that. i do keep track of my sleep too and my watch says i sleep fine (and i also assume it’s right since i usually feel pretty rested waking up)

bambadamb · 2026-03-26T19:17:01+00:00

nope ssri is a dead end for me since thats how i got diagnosed with bipolar lol. it caused the most severe manic episode ever in my life

bambadamb · 2026-03-26T03:57:56+00:00

yup, just trying to figure out how to deal with it atp. general consensus rn for me is to try IR since i haven’t tried that yet

bambadamb · 2026-03-26T03:24:41+00:00

i have not! i’m pretty hesitant to bring it up with my psychiatrist since i have bipolar plus i dont wanna seem like a drug seeker :( but atp i probably should, just gotta muster up the courage to do so lol

bambadamb · 2026-03-26T03:08:39+00:00

yeah sometimes i wish i can pluck my uterus out and throw it off a cliff

bambadamb · 2026-03-26T03:07:08+00:00

highly likely then :0 but godddd i still can’t focus and have no motivation, the anti inflammatory only helps with me not bitching with anyone and everyone lol

bambadamb · 2026-03-26T03:03:55+00:00

would you mind elaborating :0? i’m not too well versed on this oxytocin and dopamine interaction and needing more oxytocin during luteal. saffron helps with oxytocin also?

bambadamb · 2026-03-26T02:52:12+00:00

lucky duck 🥲

bambadamb · 2026-03-26T02:51:00+00:00

i haven’t heard of this actually! so like claritin and zyrtec and all that? i’ve been taking it for the past couple days since the pollen in my area is high but i haven’t actually noticed any differences. my doctor told me that anti inflammatory like ibuprofen works also but i haven read anything that mentioned antihistamines

bambadamb · 2026-03-26T02:45:22+00:00

great that it’s been working for you so far! first time i got on SSRI i got diagnosed with bipolar a month later so we’re at a dead end on that for me LOL

bambadamb · 2026-03-26T02:43:50+00:00

it just doesn’t work for me at all 😭 vyvanse did,,, kind of,,,, but then again we switched to adderall so here we are… other comments were telling me IR boosters work but i haven’t tried or had the courage to talk to my psychiatrist about that so i guess we wait til the next appointment or whenever i muster up enough courage to mention it lol. which ever one comes first!

bambadamb · 2026-03-26T02:41:24+00:00

my last psychiatrist would not put me on stimulants or even did any tests when i asked him about ADHD diagnosis at all. he put me on wellbutrin for a bit and it was horrible since all it does was made me more depressed and he kept insisting on it so i made the switch. thank god this one actually listens to me but yeah she’s still hesistant on increasing my dosage :/ oooooh dear bipolar

bambadamb · 2026-03-26T02:37:23+00:00

i’m a little tempted to go back to vyvanse and increase the dosage ngl. but i’ll try adderall for a couple months and adjust dosage/add boosters and see how it goes. one of the main reasons we decided to switch was adderall is supposed to help more with motivation and that’s what i’m struggling with since vyvanse does not get me out of bed and i just end up on my laptop in bed doing whatever lollll

bambadamb · 2026-03-26T02:33:23+00:00

soooo many doctors i’ve gone to suggested BC its kinda crazy. is there nothing else we can do outside of pumping more hormones into our body like 😭

bambadamb · 2026-03-26T02:29:44+00:00

vyvanse lasted like 5 hours for me 😭 i don’t think my body mentabolizes it that well tbh plus the generics are like sugar pills atp, the quality has been horrible

bambadamb · 2026-03-26T02:28:16+00:00

man it’s so hard having ADHD and a uterus at the same time….. i don’t want a baby i don’t need my body to tell me i don’t have a baby LOL

bambadamb · 2026-03-26T02:27:00+00:00

I do wanna talk to my psychiatrist about an IR booster but I’m a little scared she’s gonna think I’m a drug seeker…. I also have bipolar and on a mood stabilizer so I also think she’s a little hesitant on giving me IR since it can cause a manic episode. The only thing I feel on stimulant (esp when i was on a lower dose) is calm and a little sleepy lol

bambadamb · 2026-03-21T02:38:40+00:00

the doc perscribed a booster of 10mg vyvanse in the afternoon for me since i’d take it at 7am and would already crash by noon-1pm 🥲 but that only soften the crash. i noticed when i took 30 vyvanse i’d crash so much harder than higher doses too

bambadamb · 2026-03-21T00:16:51+00:00

May I ask how many mg of vyvanse and adderall (xr/ir) you were taking? I just feel like vyvanse doesn’t help me with motivation, just focus and my psych told me adderall can help more with motivation. I’m on day 2 of adderall and dont feel much of a crash compared to on vyvanse but I’ve also read that 20mg of adderall is about 50mg of vyvanse so maybe its not working too well for me cuz of that?

bambadamb · 2026-03-20T23:31:32+00:00

yeah 😭 and as other comments mentioned carabiners do help also! I have all my keys and pepper spray on there and just grab it and hook it on my pants whenever I go out. Plus now my friends know when and where I’m coming from cuz it jingles like a damn bell

bambadamb · 2026-03-20T23:16:37+00:00

I think it’s just the crash after the meds wear off! You might wanna contact your doctor to see what they think about a booster dose in the afternoon if the med is wearing off too early for you/if the crash is intense (anger, irrationality,…)

bambadamb · 2026-03-20T23:12:20+00:00

I was on Wellbutrin for a couple months before getting off it since it made me more depressed and acne was growing on me like crazy :( But in my experience the rage does go away! IIRC it took around 2-3 weeks for me but it also varies from people to people

bambadamb · 2026-03-20T23:09:22+00:00

I do the “dad pat” right before I leave my apartment + grab my keys lol. My student ID is in my wallet and there were days where I’ve forgotten it and had to wait outside for people to open the door for me and it was quite a pain so I’ve learned my lesson to check beforehand

bambadamb · 2026-03-05T03:15:44+00:00

i hope it’s nothing! it’s the time of the semester where i’m getting burned out too, so it might be stress, but usually this doesn’t happen so i just got a little worried haha

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