What are people’s ADHD med schedules like? I’d love to have coverage that lasts all day, but still lets me sleep.

Taking Concerta in the AM doesn’t give me enough coverage for the whole day. I take it the moment my alarm goes off in the morning at (usually) 6am. Which is great for my morning, but by 3pm I’m starting to fray apart, bouncing around between tasks and getting progressively more distractible and demotivated.

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Adderall: 30mg xr in the morning. 15mg IR in the afternoon.

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AA1, its great for getting me up, through any pre-work tasks, and at my desk. I felt like I didn’t have any coverage for personal priorities, only for work. And I was staying up later trying to get things done that I could have gotten done earlier if I hadn’t crashed at 3pm.

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I take adderall 10 mg twice per day. I usually take it around 11 am and around 4pm becaue I have a weird work schedule.

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Following. I would also really love to know what you guys' med schedules look like. I'm in the same situation as OP.

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See my update.

I take adderall 20 mg XR around 6. Go back to sleep until it kicks in around 7. It wears off around 3-4 though.

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Update:

Today I switched from taking 36mg of concerta (generic) once a day to taking 27mg twice a day. Once at 5 or 6am and once at 11am (noon at the latest).

I appreciated how it felt throughout the day. It suits the rhythm of my day to have milder coverage 6am-noon, actually eat at noon, have stronger coverage kicking in right post-lunch when I need it the most, and have milder coverage stretching to 8 or 9pm.

TBD whether I sleep okay. Fingers crossed. It’s 11:37pm and I’m not as drowsy as I would expect to be, given that I was awake at 5am today.

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I say “actually eat” because I typically skip lunch because the 36mg kills my appetite until 2/3pm. I get tired and cold after eating and that feels like a waste of my last couple hours of med coverage for the day. Big disincentive to eat until after I start slumping at 2 or 3, but then I feel awful and it’s extra tough to get through the day.

Today I ate lunch at noon no problem! I was hungry, I ate, I went back to work, I didn’t crash miserably afterwards or at 3pm. Which had the added bonus of meaning I was more productive so I have more time for my partner in the evening AND since I ate lunch at noon I was I was actually hungry at supper time instead of hours later.

Super stoked about it.

15mg Adderall when I wake up and 15 mg in the late afternoon as long as I remember to before 4

Still trying to find the right balance, but I currently do Adderall IR 3x a day at 15, 10, then 5 mg around 9, 1, and 5.

Vyvanse 40mg instant at 9am, coffee throughout the day and then smoke some weed in the evening to go to sleep ( sex also helps too). Been wondering if this sounds outside the norm?

Just here to whine about not being able to track down Adderall - pharmacies all out and not helpful. I'm really struggling without meds. I have depression so several other meds, like Vyvanse and Qelbree, exacerbated it. May need to try Concerta or Stratterra? Or Ritalin. Are people able to get those? I was up to 60 mg XR Adderall in the morning.

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