Post by mccutcheon on Mar 13, 2012 14:04:51 GMT
I hought I'd check in again and give an update on how I'm doing now, about six months after my first diagnosis. I haven't been here so much lately, mostly because I'm doing better and thinking of my ADHD less and less.
So the Strattera was a disaster and the IR Ritalin to volatile. But Concerta has pretty much changed my life. I've only been taking it for two months but to me it seems like I've had it forever. It has simply become part of my daily routine. Wake up, take pill, be okay.
Sometimes I just marvel at how normal a little bit of MPH makes me and how that gives me the possibility to be exceptional and special in the things I do instead of the quirks I exhibit. I've done a lot of creative work, I'm not depressed anymore, and I get so much stuff done! And I sleep. Finally. After years of insomnia I can actually sleep again.
I've even tested my strength against a ten hour day doing directing work - and as long as I top up with IR Ritalin when my system runs out of MPH from the Concerta I'm doing alright. I have to ask my doctor if I can simply take another Concerta on long days as that would be much more convenient.
The one thing that's a problem is fatigue/tiredness but I've only recently learned that I actually have a wheat intolerance (not gluten, wheat in general). So I still have to work out if maybe that was causing the fatigue. I can't really tell at the moment because I've got this damn spring cold and have to take antibiotics so fatigue is kind of a given in this case
So yeah, Concerta = awesome for me. Makes living with ADHD absolutely manageable
So the Strattera was a disaster and the IR Ritalin to volatile. But Concerta has pretty much changed my life. I've only been taking it for two months but to me it seems like I've had it forever. It has simply become part of my daily routine. Wake up, take pill, be okay.
Sometimes I just marvel at how normal a little bit of MPH makes me and how that gives me the possibility to be exceptional and special in the things I do instead of the quirks I exhibit. I've done a lot of creative work, I'm not depressed anymore, and I get so much stuff done! And I sleep. Finally. After years of insomnia I can actually sleep again.
I've even tested my strength against a ten hour day doing directing work - and as long as I top up with IR Ritalin when my system runs out of MPH from the Concerta I'm doing alright. I have to ask my doctor if I can simply take another Concerta on long days as that would be much more convenient.
The one thing that's a problem is fatigue/tiredness but I've only recently learned that I actually have a wheat intolerance (not gluten, wheat in general). So I still have to work out if maybe that was causing the fatigue. I can't really tell at the moment because I've got this damn spring cold and have to take antibiotics so fatigue is kind of a given in this case
So yeah, Concerta = awesome for me. Makes living with ADHD absolutely manageable