Last week Dr. K switched me to 10mg of Adderall twice a day instead of 70mg of Vyvanse once a day and I feel so much better! I get almost no irritability and discomfort when it wears off in the afternoon. I can also control when I take it in case I have a late afternoon meeting or for when I want to eat lunch. I had assumed that the drugs were basically identical but my reaction to them is completely different.
I messed up my appointment with Dr. K about 3 weeks ago and had to reschedule which left me with a gap in my medication for about 3 days. Mike gave me some of his Adderall and it worked so well I wanted to try it for myself. The only slight problem right now is that 10mg in the morning isn’t quite enough which I suspect might be my body trying to acclimate to the new medication.
It feels so great because I had given up on hoping that I would ever find a medication that didn’t give me such bad rebound irritability in the afternoon. There are some days now that I don’t even notice when it wears off.
Today life is good and I am grateful for the ability to ask for what I need.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
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It sounds good. I hope that the meds continue to help. I've read about some negative side effects from some of the drugs. I'm wondering if a friend of mine would have a better life if he were on meds for ADHD.
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