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Post by anopheles on May 23, 2017 14:59:46 GMT
I've tried ritalin (it made me fat, go 5% chance!) both slow release and fast acting. Nothing, even on full dose. Trying elvanse. Nothing at 30mg, nothing at 60mg. Next up is 70mg.
The Elvanse makes me less tired (until i miss one) but I am not getting the 'Light switch moment' nor the 'Slow down' feeling of control over my brain. I still suffer from hyperfocus (especially late at night when the meds have worn off), fugue, lack of concentration.
For example, it's taken me 4 hours to make 14 small measurents and draw the lines on wood at my woodwork class (making a coffee table) - and despite concentrating as hard as I could I have had to redo 40% of them because I measured them wrong (should have been 27mm for a tenon and mortar joint but some how I managed to make some that were 20, 22, 25 or 30mm. I have no idea how. I just loathed myself for failing a task not far from being successfully attempted by a trained chimp). You can now see why employment past 3 months was a real achievement).
I definitely have ADHD, I scored highly 2.0 on the Swedish test for Concentration (and 1.8 for hyperkinesis) and have all the usual tics mentioned above.
Stil, the medication is making me have the paranoid thoughts that i either don't have ADHD or underneath the diagnosis I am still a vague, impulsive, daydreaming numpty (or on good days, I have a related condition to ADHD).
What do you do when all the treatments don't work out?
Accept the vagueness and the lack of ability to do even basic tasks?
I am lost and scared and fed up.
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Post by vagueandrandom on May 23, 2017 16:20:48 GMT
Hi Meds didn't work for me either I'm looking into coaching. I recently got a part-time job, so am applying for an Access to Work grant to pay for it.
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Post by marionk on May 24, 2017 4:19:49 GMT
Assuming you're eating enough protein, how about trying natural MAOIs? Coffee is very good if you're not affected by caffeine. Parsley, ginger, ginkgo, (I definitely had some benefit from gingko), I think Siberian (def. not regular) ginseng has a natural MAOI too. Turmeric, especially with black pepper, is a good one to try as well. Actually they're still good even if you're not eating enough protein! P.s. Gratz on the job! Also, was it the measurements that were wrong, or was it the width of the saw cuts that messed things up?
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Post by anopheles on May 24, 2017 13:32:10 GMT
Assuming you're eating enough protein, how about trying natural MAOIs? Coffee is very good if you're not affected by caffeine. Parsley, ginger, ginkgo, (I definitely had some benefit from gingko), I think Siberian (def. not regular) ginseng has a natural MAOI too. Turmeric, especially with black pepper, is a good one to try as well. Actually they're still good even if you're not eating enough protein! P.s. Gratz on the job! Also, was it the measurements that were wrong, or was it the width of the saw cuts that messed things up? Not got as far as sawing yet.... No just the measurements. Somewhere my brain frazzled itself. Terrible at work, you deny making a mistake like this, they show you the proof. You now look dishonest AND incompetent.
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Post by marionk on May 24, 2017 14:02:59 GMT
Ah yes, making mistakes is bad enough, but not realising you've made them until someone else points them out is really horrible. Been there, done that, got a wardrobe full of t-shirts I don't think the saying 'measure twice, cut once' was started by an ADHDer though, or it would be more like 'Measure three times, check the odd one out, check your calculations, check the measurements again and mark the right one, then cut.'
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Post by anopheles on May 26, 2017 19:33:20 GMT
Aye, one of the signs you have adhd is typing out a paragraph on the internet and having to go and correct it only the five or six times.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2017 13:28:13 GMT
120mg elvanse before I saw a difference.
I'm not sure it slows me down but it does give me clarity.
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