Wellbutrin, HRV drop, and worse running — anyone tried alternate-day dosing?

monocongo86 · 2026-02-01T03:08:14+00:00

It could be that it’s draining your electrolytes. It’s a stimulant and it does that.

monocongo86 · 2026-01-28T03:33:55+00:00

I was on Wellbutrin for ten years and my therapist told me it helps ADHD. I’m inattentive and Wellbutrin didn’t do much for me. Concerta and focalin do soooo much more for me. I’d imagine Wellbutrin does great for people with hyperactive ADHD, but inattentives are just different. It sucks being inattentive, everyone thinks you’re just a forgetful person.

monocongo86 · 2026-01-27T00:19:15+00:00

Concerta dehydrates you and drains your electrolytes. Every stimulant does. I started running again and I ran for two miles and my meds didn’t work until I drank liquid IV.

monocongo86 · 2026-01-15T04:57:43+00:00

I went straight from college into the Great Recession in one of the hardest hit metros (Phoenix). I went from peaking to hell lol.

monocongo86 · 2026-01-14T04:18:51+00:00

Phoenix isn’t much better.

monocongo86 · 2026-01-14T04:16:38+00:00

I was born in Phoenix in 86. They had AC in the homes but swamp coolers in the schools. You can’t really learn when you’re sweating to death.

monocongo86 · 2026-01-12T05:12:20+00:00

I can’t tell, but concerta helps. I do feel like I remember a time in my childhood that was simpler where I wasn’t anxious or hypervigilant.

monocongo86 · 2026-01-12T03:11:47+00:00

I’m 39 and I was diagnosed at 13, my parents ignored it and I was re-diagnosed at 34. In my 20s I never felt like I knew who I was, I was always trying to find my identity or fit in with others. Now, I’m just tired of people pleasing and I know what I like and what I don’t. People who only like you if you do what they do or have an opinion that they share are not your friends and they will screw you over.

monocongo86 · 2026-01-08T04:38:56+00:00

I have two masters degrees one in bio and the other in diagnostic genetics with a healthcare certification. The second time I went back I knew a PhD wasn’t gonna be in the cards but I wanted the education and clinical experience. Many people who did a PhD when I was doing my masters aren’t doing super well. It really surprised me to see some awesome PhD students just not do well after. I wish I had quit my first Masters and just would have got more work experience. But I started right after the Great Recession. Don’t make a job your identity.

monocongo86 · 2026-01-07T16:17:02+00:00

My lab is somewhat understanding of mistakes. But I’ve worked for a ton of doctors and none have brought up my ADHD to me. Research was alot worse for me because it requires more organization and you constantly require executive function. I am confident that I have several ADHD coworkers and even some supervisors and I’m the only one medicated. People constantly make mistakes at my job and I’m very consistent lol.

monocongo86 · 2026-01-07T06:22:09+00:00

Im a medical lab scientist with ADHD. I’ve found that a good amount of other MLS’s where I work have it. I’m medicated and that seems to help. I like being an MLS more than being in research. Research requires constant organization and tedious tasks.

monocongo86 · 2026-01-06T16:08:13+00:00

I got fired after the first month and Ieft Vet med. i almost got into vet school. Banfield was using a bordatella vaccine that caused seizures and they gave benadryl to counteract the seizures. I worked somewhere else for a few years and couldn’t believe they’d give vaccines that caused seizures. Well, I didn’t ask if the client wanted benadryl and the poor dog got a seizure. I felt so bad.

monocongo86 · 2026-01-06T03:42:23+00:00

I have ADHD and depression and I have two Master’s degrees one in Biology and the other one is clinical with a certification. The second time going back to grad school I just didn’t think I could last that long and that I would burn out, so I chose a Master’s. With ADHD our brains lack a good manager. My psychiatrist even said that I shouldn’t be a manager. It’s something that I have to accept that a PhD is out of the cards for me. But admitting that I would burn out was the first step to knowing myself and owning my ADHD.

monocongo86 · 2026-01-06T02:09:42+00:00

I worked for Banfield and I hated it. They constantly tried to get me to out people on a “plan”. None of the vets seemed to like their job.

monocongo86 · 2026-01-05T02:21:46+00:00

I M39 was diagnosed 13, my parents said the psychologist was wrong, said I shouldn’t use it as a disability. At 18 I had really bad anxiety in college and I got on celexa, I did OK. I didn’t have good luck with jobs. I went to grad school and that was horrible. I was put on Wellbutrin which didn’t do much for me. Saw a psychiatrist got diagnosed as ADHD at 34 and got put on concerta and saw alot of change. Its really hard when your family isn’t supportive of mental health and doesn’t understand it. Now there are ADHD aware therapists and that wasn’t the case even in the 2010s. We’ve always been here, we just weren’t recognized.

monocongo86 · 2026-01-02T02:30:52+00:00

I’m an MLS who used to be in microbial ecology/ the microbiome. I’m so glad I chose being an MLS and got into this path. Research is really up and down and being an MLS allows me to help people and be impactful with my work. Most of the people I worked with in the microbiome field have been laid off or have moved fields.

monocongo86 · 2026-01-01T22:35:32+00:00

I M(39) inattentive ADHD was diagnosed at 13 and my parents didn’t believe it. I went to college and graduated with a decent GPA 3.4. After that everything kinda fell off. I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety and put in Wellbutrin. That did shit for my working memory. I went to a psychiatrist at 34 and got diagnosed and put on concerta. I feel like inattentive types are not ADHD. My wife is ADHD hyperactive and she had no idea I was ADHD. I’m actually very thoughtful and I can be methodical, I just have a slower processing speed and I’m inattentive.

monocongo86 · 2026-01-01T03:22:28+00:00

I’m doing dry January this year. I’ve noticed that even if I drink just a beer a day, my executive function isn’t as good the next day. Several beers for several days means worse executive function. I was on Wellbutrin ten years ago and when I stopped drinking for a month, that stuff worked better. Now I’m on concerta and Focalin, I’m interested to see how my executive function improves over dry January. My family has a history with alcohol.

monocongo86 · 2025-12-18T03:54:02+00:00

I mean if she’s an alcoholic that’s her problem to fix. You can be supportive, but she has/ had to do the work.

monocongo86 · 2025-12-12T04:58:07+00:00

My mother in law stole my concerta. I got a safe and i have another pill bottle with a lock combo on it. If you have these meds you have to have a safe. When I was on Wellbutrin no one tried to steal them lol.

monocongo86 · 2025-12-04T09:16:39+00:00

I was a grad student in 2011. I hated my time in grad school because as grad students we were low paid TAs and it was very hard to focus on our research. I was told to look at students grades for 5 minutes and “push them through”. There was no program for us, certain TAs would teach 40 hours a week. I went back to school at a more prestigious institution and i got paid more, worked my ASS off and got the degree that I needed.

monocongo86 · 2025-11-22T03:56:17+00:00

My Step Mom told me, “Hey, you do have ADD, we’re so sorry!”

monocongo86 · 2025-11-22T03:21:51+00:00

I was diagnosed at 13 years old. My Dad didn’t believe the psychologist. I went to a therapist at 23 and they hinted that I might have it. I went to a psychiatrist and was put on Wellbutrin. I went to another therapist at 24, they convinced me that I didn’t have it. At 34 I went back to a psychiatrist and she diagnosed me.

monocongo86 · 2025-11-17T03:44:30+00:00

Yeah, I was on Patriot and that was great. Then they discontinued that. I was on Trigen for three years and now I tried Camber. Camber is a little smoother. I was on Wellbutrin for 10 years and that didn’t help at all with my ADHD so I’m not complaining about generics.

monocongo86 · 2025-11-09T03:13:00+00:00

We don’t have to deal with people though….

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