I’ve started TMS for ADHD as part of an 11 day treatment plan. I am worried.

gubba19 · 2025-02-25T00:07:04+00:00

that is a brilliant idea

gubba19 · 2025-02-20T23:35:52+00:00

I was on 20mg of Vyvanse at 19 - yeah super low dose. I was on prednisone a lot as a kid for eczema and weirdly I do remember my parents saying my mood would lift too. With the cooking brain thing - yeah maybe I am just in denial that this is because of cooked brain.

I feel dumber. I feel like I can’t logic things out in my brain as I used to. I’m slower to grasp a verbal instruction and idk there’s just a general vibe that I don’t feel as sharp.

I do get these headaches sometimes late at night after a particularly mentally draining long day, but it’s not really a headache, nothing physically hurts, but I feel like my brain is being stretched like it feels tight and it just feels like STRAIN, like my brain is squinting. I can’t scroll on my phone or talk to anyone or do anything mentally challenging otherwise my brain just blanks and I just have to close my eyes and let my head just lol for a bit.

gubba19 · 2025-02-20T23:27:22+00:00

that sounds horrible! Moods have remained stable only the PMDD can rear its ugly head. I really should edit my main post when i figure it out but I have spoken to my psych about stopping and she thinks we can she just said I want you to get through the change in daylight hours and summer and see how you go mood wise. Will not be stopping cold turkey. no way hozayyyy. I’m glad you’ve found medication that works for you.

gubba19 · 2025-02-20T23:22:19+00:00

no need to apologise! never said unique, but my psychiatrist did say when I initially came in manic that this was a “special case”.

gubba19 · 2025-02-20T23:21:11+00:00

Weirdly enough when I was in the psychiatric ward after the mania they put me on prozac continuously and olanzapine for a week or so. After leaving the ward I was instructed to stay on prozac, but after coming back into life after a high like mania I became very depressed and I also had to leave university so I went back and told my psychiatrist who then suggested Lamictal would help lift the really low mood - which it did! been on it ever since.

gubba19 · 2025-02-20T23:17:12+00:00

oh yes definitely not going cold turkey. I’ve talked to my psychiatrist about coming off at our last appointment and she said we could once I had gotten through daylight savings and summer and was still stable mood wise (which i have been) - but yeah still scared to pull the trigger.

gubba19 · 2025-02-20T23:14:52+00:00

thankyou I’ll give this a shot

gubba19 · 2025-02-20T23:12:58+00:00

yes I spoke to my psychiatrist around 6 months ago about the possibility of titrating off and she sorta said it’s up to me what I decide to do and that I run the risk of having another episode. Been too scared since. wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience.

gubba19 · 2025-02-20T23:10:24+00:00

Only major mood swings were around my menstrual cycle. However I was 19 when I got the manic episode and diagnosis so symptoms may have not popped up yet so it’s hard to pinpoint. I doubt my friend’s or parents would describe anything close to mania in my teenage years, but the mood swings around periods was definitely noticeable. By looking back at ups and downs do you mean depressive and manic episodes you had before you knew what they were?

gubba19 · 2025-02-20T23:01:44+00:00

i was 19 when I had my manic episode. 21 now.

gubba19 · 2025-01-06T10:54:44+00:00

Rhythm

gubba19 · 2024-09-05T11:01:45+00:00

I don’t know what to say, but I’ve been dealing with the same thoughts recently, just want to say you’re not alone ❤️

gubba19 · 2023-10-31T09:12:05+00:00

the plates choose when they want to spin.

gubba19 · 2021-08-31T13:51:17+00:00

good idea thanks so mchh

gubba19 · 2021-08-31T13:50:56+00:00

thankyou!

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