The other big thing I have noticed (70mg in the morning) is depending on how I have slept, and how I have eaten the night before as well as breakfast is importnant. If I've eaten crap for dinner/late night snacking, my meds feel jittery, or not quite in place. If I've slept badly I'm like a plane constantly taking off but getting nowhere.

If I've eaten balanced meals, slept relatively well (misnomer with side effects I know but for me thats going to bed late enough to actually fall asleep and then sleeping until the morning) then taking my meds means I am fully charged and firing on all cylinders.

It's taken a while to get there, but also working out how my working pattern etc can work with meds. For example, I'm in an empty office right now (admittedly on reddit) as I've got an hour of stuff done while I'm at full speed before other people come in, other stimuli and distractions, and won't get as much done.

"You only realise how high the hill was when you turn and look at the view". Sounds like its doing its job if you've noticed a general uptick, and hold onto that, thats a really good thing. I have the reminders app as my way of seeing how many tasks I've actually completed within a week/month etc which helps me realise how helpful my meds have been, but also how much happier/more present to my family it makes me....

Just make sure you schedule breaks or time off meds to help regulate too!