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they are rough when you first get on them. You'll more than likely have side effects but they go away shortly after once your body has gotten used to it. It does help with productivity and work, like A LOT
Taking them in the beginning was great and my side effects weren’t that bad, it hasn’t been until recently that the side effects got worse (after 4 years). Productivity has been great and I’m grateful for where I am in life now, but I feel like my body has aged 10 years in the short 4 years I’ve been taking it.
Also depends on the type of adderal you take, extended release vs immediate release. Extended gave me the worst migraines so I just stuck with instant, since some days weren’t as stressful as others.
🙋 I am!
I started with adderall, increased dose x2 before determining it was not for me (felt like a zombie on it, my normal upbeat personality was zapped). I was able to dial in at work, but I felt like it was impacting my overall mood and demeanor. My partner said my whole personality had changed on it, too. I was on that for about 2.5-3.5 weeks.
Then I moved to generic Ritalin and was on that for a couple months before feeling like it didn’t actually make much of a difference between being on/off. I was going through a lot of changes so I wanted to be sure that it wasn’t external factors and not giving the meds a fair chance (moved apartments, went on intl vacation, and in law moved in with us temporarily (which was a terrible experience)).
My psychiatrist then put me on generic vyvanse (lisdexamphetamine). With this, it is night and day for me. I can actually focus on my work at hand, I’m not as distracted by noises/activity around me in the office, I don’t feel absolutely drained after the work day, etc. I’m more present, too. It takes me about an hour/hour and a half after taking in the morning to recognize that it’s working for me, and I’m able to stay seated and productive till about 5-6pm when I start looking at the clock and figuring out when to wrap up and head home for the day.
I have been on the generic vyvanse since the fall. I take that in combo with guanfacine, which works well for me — anxiety and ADHD diagnosed. Sometimes I have trouble finding the lisdex in stock, so I have to call around the pharmacies in my area, but otherwise no real issues.
All these meds work differently for each person though. Sometimes meds are not the right answer, or maybe adderall plus guanfacine is the right combo for you. If you have a psychiatrist, I’d recommend low and slow - after a couple days you should be more adjusted to it and be able to tell how it feels and affects you. You could also discover that meds just don’t work for you, and you’d prefer to be unmedicated and doing therapy. If your doctor’s supportive, I’d say it’s worth seeing if meds can help.
Yes, I am. Answers in order:
- Depends on the active ingredient. You might be lucky and get one that’s perfect the first time.
- Productivity: If the meds work well, everything becomes easier, you need less effort to get started, and can easily stay on task. If the meds don’t work well, it either feels like they don’t work at all or you’re super jittery and frazzled.
I would definitely recommend meds, they’ve made a huge, positive difference in my life!
Adderall consistently gave me horrible headaches and made me snappy. I had to take a benzo at the end of the day to deal with it and that was no good so I stopped all of it. I've found that just sticking with a LOT of coffee all day addresses the issue more effectively. If you drink coffee at night to relax enough to fall asleep (like me!), it's because that's how our brains are wired.
Vyvanse works for myself. I've been on it for several years after learning that I had been dealing with ADHD for the past 10 years. Can definitely notice the difference if I happen to miss a dose and I'm back to chasing around projects. One other interesting item, I find coffee relaxes me so much that it tends to make me more drowsy than hyper like others. If I need to have a great night sleep I have a couple cups of coffee and it's lights out within 30 minutes. Explains why late night exam studying never worked for me because I was constantly filling the coffee pot.
I have been since last summer. It has helped me so so much, but you need to work with your doctor/psychiatrist to find out which one is for you! Definitely recommend taking the lowest possible dose you can and working your way up if needed. I personally take an antidepressant for anxiety and depression (75mg venlafaxine) and had been for almost 2 years prior to starting my adhd meds summer of 2024 (10mg dexadrine).
For me, my anxiety has been helped a lot by the venlafaxine, but it definitely got less effective the longer I was on it and on bad days it's not enough, and I find generally it doesn't help with my productivity or regulation. At work only with the anxiety meds it definitely doesn't do much, as I work in super busy and very often high stress environments, so it would always be a major struggle managing everything through the lens of my ADHD.
Once I started taking my relatively low dose of dexadrine, it was like night and day. It works so well with my brain, and I feel so calm and clear; the world gets quieter, and I can relax, organize my thoughts and focus on one task at a time instead of my brain spinning out thinking about everything all at once... all the time.
My anxiety falls to nothing, and I can handle what I need to in my day and not feel totally drained and low mood by the end of the day. It has truly been a game changer in so many aspects of my life.
I have two friends who also have ADHD who have tried pretty much all of the meds over the years to find their respective fits, and for both of them my medication Dexadrine was a nightmare. All of our brains are wired so differently! Ultimately one friend swears by Vyvanse, and can't do Adderall,Ritalin or dex, and the second was diagnosed when he was little and recently went back to Adderall as that was just the thing that worked best for him out of everything he's tried (he's tried everything).
I have been considering lowering my dose of antidepressants and maybe even stop taking them all together, and just stick with the ADHD meds on work days. I was diagnosed last year at 32, and honestly just having that diagnosis has been such a monumental shift in my understanding of myself, which has ultimately affected my mental health so much. I feel like I'm still very much processing it, and unpacking a lifetime of misunderstanding and frustration, and ultimately very poor self-esteem, anxiety and depression. There's a certified therapist in my town with ADHD who specializes in helping folks understand their ADHD so I'd like to reach out to her this year. It's such a journey but I'm just taking it slow and gentle. I hope you can find your best fit without too much struggle! You.can totally reach out to me if you have any more questions :)
Edit: I will add though that I have to be careful NOT to take my adhd meds too late in the day or I will likely have a really hard time sleeping. No racing thoughts, but just not tired. It takes about 12 hours for dexadrine to taper off for me, so I don't take them past 9am. If it's too late in the day, Ill just have to go without. I can function without of course, but I have such a better day with obviously.