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A casual community for people with ADHD
Values:
Acceptance, Openness, Understanding, Equality, Reciprocity.
Rules:
- No abusive, derogatory, or offensive post/comments.
- No porn, gore, spam, or advertisements allowed.
- Do not request for donations.
- Do not link to other social media or paywalled content.
- Do not gatekeep or diagnose.
- Mark NSFW content accordingly.
- No racism, homophobia, sexism, ableism, or ageism.
- Respectful venting, including dealing with oppressive neurotypical culture, is okay.
- Discussing other neurological problems like autism, anxiety, ptsd, and brain injury are allowed.
- Discussions regarding medication are allowed as long as you are describing your own situation and not telling others what to do (only qualified medical practitioners can prescribe medication).
Encouraged:
- Funny memes.
- Welcoming and accepting attitudes.
- Questions on confusing situations.
- Seeking and sharing support.
- Engagement in our values.
Relevant Lemmy communities:
lemmy.world/c/adhd will happily promote other ND communities as long as said communities demonstrate that they share our values.
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Yes, you need to take drug holidays. Increasing the dosage gives you only little respite while increasing the side effects.
Yes, increasing the dosage seemed futile because I’d expect the effects to eventually wear off again as well. I didn’t know drug holidays were a thing but I’m seeing my psychiatrist this week and can discuss it with them.
Increase the dose or take a break for up to two weeks. Not taking meds on the weekend is worth a try as well.
Talk to your doctor. [Medical] advice from the strangers on the internet is not accurate and factual. My experience is that my meds help me focus but unlike the early days they don’t make me euphoric.
First, talk to your doctor.
That’s a short-acting medication. I forget the half-life, but I know it’s not very long.
I’m surprised your doc prescribed a single dose per day - there’s practically no way for it to last that long (without side effects or having a high spike and then low later - just what you’re experiencing). A short/fast acting med is typically split into 2 doses to even it out during the day.
Perhaps a different med would be more useful, something slower-acting.
But, again, talk to your doc. They’ll know what way to go.