First day on Vyvanse !

Hi ! It’s my very first time on adhd medication, I’m starting with 10mg on Vyvanse. Don’t know what to expect ! It’s been a few hours, my back and legs feel warm lol. And, I don’t know if it’s a placebo effect but I believe I feel calmer, lighter but my thoughts are still racing… Is it how it’s supposed to feel ? What’s your experience ?

I will be able to up the dose every 2 weeks if needed.

I turned 47 in February and today I got my official ADHD diagnosis - it means a complete overhaul of my medications, but what a relief to know I’m moving in the right direction!

It's not an embarrassment. It's not a sign of depression, burnout, or uncontrolled ADHD.

It's a piece of our home decor. It's a fun conversation piece. It's our CHOICE.

Debating if I have to force myself to accept the consequences of my actions lol. I work closing shifts, which makes my bed time routine extra harder for reference. I keep telling myself I need at least 4 hours before work so I get things done.

Most of the time, I am okay. But these past two days, I stayed up way late after getting home from work. Instead of waking up at 7am, I am getting up at 10am, and then going to work 12pm. I let myself sleep in cause I'm like oh didn't get enough sleep. When I was younger it didn't affect me that much to be sleep deprived but now that I am getting older when I wake up with less then 7 hours of sleep it hits me hard.

Anyways this was a long winded way of asking, ladies do you force yourselves to wake up at your set time even when you didn't get enough sleep the night before? I think imma have to start tbh cause I don't want to keep wasting my life with my nightly procrastination

I am late-diagnosed with Adhd, and I've always struggled with sleep, except when on heavily sedating antidepressants.

Has anyone bothered to get themselves a sleep study, checked out for possible sleep apnea, or other sleep conditions? Was it worth it?

I'm scared of being laughed out of the room, but I'm also sick of sleep medications that make me so drowsy during the day.

How do I get diagnosed with ADD as an adult? I won’t get in to the multitude of reasons why I think I may have ADD/ADHD but at 36 years old I started my first grown up job this year (I’ve had jobs, obviously, before) but this is the first job that isn’t in sales etc where it’s become painfully obvious that I’m dealing with something other than a short attention span, and it’s impacting my ability to be successful at a job that I love. I recently moved to a new city and have a doctors appointment (my first appointment) with a GP on Wednesday. I’m scared that because I’m in my mid-thirties I won’t be taken seriously.

Alright ladies, I am in desperate need of advice on how to handle this crappy situation. I am at a loss on how to do this in a direct but compassionate way because subtlety is not working :/

I became friends with a coworker (like having dinner once a week and almost always eating lunch together at work, hanging out on the weekends, buying each other christmas gifts) and I thought that things were all good. To preface this, I knew that there was some tension between her and our team lead. This tension stems from our lead getting the position over my friend- which my friend says hurt her because she didn't know the other person was applying and they had been friends. Now the other person tries to avoid her and limit interactions which seemed a little mean to me. My friend would make comments to me or vent and it became clear that she is still bitter over not getting the position, but that feels somewhat normal? (it has been a year or more since the choice was made, for context.) She seemed to be on okay terms with our other coworkers, aside from the fact that they are friendlier with our lead.

In January/February, my friend was talked to twice by our supervisor who had 'heard through the grapevine' that she had a problem with our lead and had been speaking poorly of her. My friend denied this, and said that our lead was the one who had been icing her out. She vented to me about both meetings.

In March I learn that there were specific comments that led to her being talked to by our supervisor. She had been training with someone in a different department (someone she was also friends with) and had begun speaking very poorly of everyone in her department- including me. Saying we are all too immature, we don't do our work, we have too much free time, we're always on our phones, overall we just aren't suited for our jobs. The person training her was so upset by this that she ended up telling our supervisor and requesting to never train my friend again.

Needless to say, I am pretty hurt. I had considered this person a trusted friend. I've babysat for her, we've spent so much time together, I tried my best to be there for her when she was struggling. I don't understand why she included me in these statements, let alone why she included all of our coworkers. None of what she said is true- we are busy *all day* at least 4 days a week, not counting when we go to help out other departments. Yes we are all 10+ years younger than her, but does that make us immature? We're all working at the same place, doing the same job...

She has been acting like nothing has happened and I have been slowly distancing myself. Choosing to eat with other people outside of the lunchroom (we are afraid that things said in casual conversation will be twisted and used against us by her), saying I haven't been in the mood to socialize much, limiting our interactions as much as possible. This has resulted in her pressing harder and harder for me to hang out (seriously though, what part of someone saying 'hey i've been feeling burnt out socially' means you try guilting them into hanging out with you multiple days in a row???) and glomming onto me at work. If she sees I'm somewhere talking to other people, she comes and inserts herself in the conversation, which promptly dies.

I have spoken to our supervisor about this, essentially just informing them of the tension in our department and imploring them to try and do *something* to help alleviate it. But I am at a loss on how to handle this on a personal level. I don't want to be mean or cause more problems with her, but I can't handle her clinging to me like this as if nothing happened. My current maaybbbeee plan is to find a time to speak to her face to face, but how do I frame this?? What do I do??? Please help me :'(

So, I got diagnosed a few hours ago. I’ve just been sitting, carrying on as normal. Not sure how to feel and as the hours pass by, I’m beginning to worry it was all a fluke and that the doctor is going to undiagnose me.

I’ve suspected I have ADHD for at least a decade now but was always too scared to do anything about it. I’m south Asian and the whole attitude around mental health is bloody patronising. I did consider going to a psychiatrist once I started working but always chickened out because it’s hard enough for women to get diagnosed in western countries; imagine getting diagnosed in the subcontinent?! LOL!

Anyway, gathered up all my courage and did it: the screenings, the questionnaires blah blah blah and got the diagnosis. But I’m just not convinced. In the days leading up to the appointment, I kept having angry episodes, just being filled with rage because of all the bullshit the adults put me through because I didn’t obey them to a T. And now, it’s all gone. When the doctor confirmed it, I went blank. They said it’s okay to cry and I just smiled. Feel like that was the wrong thing to do too. I should’ve had some sort of an emotional reaction right?

Posting on here because maybe it’s related to hormones, but I literally have no food hyperfixation atm and can’t eat. I love food so it’s not like that and this regularly happens every so often when food seems repulsing. I haven’t started any new meds or anything just my brain not working lol. Anyone got tips for how to get out of this? Tyia 💕

I bought the supplies to make this beanie months ago and procrastinated...I finally finish this just now!! I made this for my parents for their trip today ( which they are leaving for in 3 hours....) Better late than never I guess...

I know the "have you JUST tried a new journal" type advice is (rightly) maligned here, but I am also one of the people for whom a bullet journal has become a very important tool. I usually keep the most recent journal on hand for a while after I've finished it, and I decided to number it and it's previous buddy and shelve them both with the collection because that's a non-urgent job that's been hanging around for the last two to six months. And I realized that I'm up to 30! For those who can't read my handwriting, the oldest goes back to November 2017, and I usually get about 3 months out of a journal.

(There's a gap on the shelf from where I pulled out my campaign notes from a D&D game that went on hiatus over a year ago and is maybe coming back now that the DM's baby is bigger. Being able to look stuff up from multiple years ago is very rarely useful but is incredible whenever it does come up)

Do you guys kind of crash after hyper focusing on something? I’ve been so productive this week because of hyper focusing on a project, but now the feeling is starting to ween and the project is almost over. High key don’t know what to do. I know the crash is coming. I’ve been diagnosed for years and still don’t know how to make going back to “normal” easier. Advise welcome.

Hi everyone! i am posting in this sub as an afab nonbinary person (and am usually clocked as a woman) this may be long! my special interest for years on and off has been psychology among other things. specifically diagnostic criteria, people’s experiences with their disorders, etc. this special interest started when i was 13. i am almost 20. my therapist says it probably stems from trying to find out what is wrong with myself (despite her saying the things i have gone through is normal). i have so much of the criteria for certain disorders memorized, i go through waves of learning everything i can about a certain disorder and trying to figure out if i have it because you can find symptoms of everything in everyone. i have done this with ocd, adhd (i ended up getting tested for it and i have it which probably made me feel like my intuition on this stuff is correct), and now i have been focused on bpd. i am diagnosed with mdd, pmdd, gad, and adhd. i think what set me off for me looking into bpd was my therapist told me if i relapse into self harm (because i am two years clean and always worried i will relapse) and the pattern continues we would have to look into bpd as a diagnosis and treatment plan for it. i spend hours watching videos, reading reddit stories, googling, reading wiki articles about these specific disorders and it brings me more harm than good despite bringing me immense pleasure about learning these topics. i have been told multiple times by my therapist and other people to take time off from googling but i just cannot seem to stop myself until its too late and i upset myself via rabbit holes.

does anyone have any advice or similar experiences they would like to share? i want to fix this

I’ve tried a lot of tools over the years to manage overwhelm and emotional dysregulation — from breathwork and mindfulness to nervous system resets. Some really helped, some didn't. Lately, I’ve been focusing on simple, body-based practices that feel more ADHD-friendly — and they’ve helped a lot. But I’m still curious:

What’s actually worked for you in a real, lasting way? What didn't work and why? And what tends to get in the way of using the things you know are helpful?

Would love to hear your experience — I think we can learn something from each other here.

I'm 43, was diagnosed in February and started Vyvanse, have lived in a 1300 sq foot house with my husband (and later son) for 20 years. Over the past few weeks, I started purging and cleaning. These bags are filled with books, clothes, kitchen stuff, and toys which were picked up for donation this morning! (Plus there's been a lot of garbage and recycling too.)

Judging from some of the stuff in my nightstand and under my bed it had been a solid decade since I last cleaned my room and it was not thoroughly done then. My husband has been patient and tolerant of this, but I know it's been getting to him the more things accumulated.

I'm a little emotional that I'm getting all this stuff done. I can get into my bed without climbing over piles of clothes. I see FLOOR.

So I had a load of laundry I kept forgetting about and had to wash like 3 times because it smelled like mildew after me forgetting it. Yesterday I finally put it in the dryer. Winning right?🎉......BUT no because I forgot to turn it on 🥲 so round 4.....

Does anyone else notice that their meds don’t help during PMS or during pain flares? (I also suffer with chronic pain)

Hey all, I've really enjoyed the support here in this sub and wanted to post to see if anyone's had similar issues and solved for it. I have been on Vyvanse for half a year, and though it's leveled out a bit, I've still been getting good support from it for about 3 hrs once it kicks in. Then there's this big wave of feelings around not being able to continue to do things well - things seem really hard even the simple tasks, which I think its because the meds are wearing off. Is this normal for Vyvanse? Feels like it is wearing out quickly

I am in analysis paralysis about pots and pans. Has anyone done the research and in a position to make a recommendation?

The reality is I’d like to just buy one big set but WHICH ONE?? I don’t have the discipline to use stainless steel and idk what ceramic even is. I know teflon is okay for a while and I fully plan to treat these as consumable but I hate cooking and cannot learn a new cooking method with unfamiliar materials. Under $400 preferably. Please help me!

I've been on a newer med, Azstarys, for the last three years. It was a huge pain getting insurance to cover it at the beginning, but the company that makes it has a co-pay card to help cover the cost. I've been paying $25 a month. Out of nowhere, the pharmacy said my insurance isn't covering it anymore.

I'm packing to move states this weekend and was totally out, so I had no option besides paying the $100. Luckily, I've been selling a bunch of stuff ahead of the move, so I had extra cash. I can't afford to pay that every month though! Has anyone else had their meds randomly fall out of insurance coverage recently?

Literally this. On the kitchen floor. Husband asked me to clean the attic for the billionth time. He’s outside doing yard work. I’m doom scrolling and feeling hopeless. I was diagnosed when I was 33 and we were dating. I’m 40 now. I didn’t tell him about my diagnosis until a couple years ago because I was so ashamed and maybe because I knew he wouldn’t take it seriously. He’s a middle school teacher and sees kids with IEPs for ADHD all the time. Whatever, I can’t speak to his experience with ADHD kids or our fucked up education system, but it hurts that he’s never bothered to try to understand my ADHD or how we could adapt to make it easier for me to do the things that, when I don’t do them —like cleaning the FUCKING ATTIC— drive him insane. I haven’t bothered to push him on this issue because 1. When I’ve sent him resources to read or brought it up, he’s dismissive and 2. I’m tired and for the most part I mask well. I have a demanding job and am a high performer. He gets into the, “but you’re good at XYZ, why can’t you be good at cleaning?” And he does 80% of the cleaning and organizing, which isn’t fair… I want to be a better partner in that regard. I feel like I could be with a little help! A while back I was reading “How to Keep House While Drowning” which I actually found very uplifting and empowering. I told him about some of the suggestions from the book and he literally made fun of the author and the book’s presumed audience. Said that it was just something the author wrote to feel better about herself and it gave the readers and excuses to be “slobs”. He was ~just joking~ of course. One of the most hurtful things he’s said to me. Since then I really don’t bother sharing my struggles or my attempts to do better with him. Don’t worry, I know what a massive red flag that is. We’re in couples therapy and I’m weighing my options. It’s just so fucking sad, you know? It doesn’t have to be this hard. We could be a team. I don’t understand his unwillingness to have empathy or sympathy or do some basic reading. Like, why?

I feel like I can tackle the attic now so thanks for listening.

Hi all, I need some advice from any of you who are married. So my partner and I are planning on getting engaged soon. The problem is that I am notorious for losing rings. I like to wear spinner rings as a fidget but I lose them easily. That’s fine for a cheap 10$ ring from Amazon, but not an engagement ring. I have the ring stands to use when I take them off, but the problem is that I’m just not used to them and forget they’re there. I feel really guilty about it, I don’t want my partner to be worried about something so expensive. What techniques do you all use? Edit: man clearly I can’t spell this morning 😅 but thank you all for the advice 💖

Wash my face, brush my teeth, do skincare, and change into my pajamas, then the next day

Wash my face, brush my teeth, do skincare, and change into my pajamas, then the next day

Wash my face, brush my teeth, do skincare, and change into my pajamas, then the next day

Wash my face, brush my teeth, do skincare, and change into my pajamas….for the rest of my life severely makes me just makes me feel like this 😫

How are we supposed to keep up with it every single day until we DIE huh?? It gets sooooooo repetitive and sometimes i feel like i wanna claw out my eyeballs or sth and scream.

Like a sort of pressure builds up that I can only release if I let myself go. Lol. Sigh.

Sorry I felt this so bad just now. I’m in bed after getting everything done though…….. (hence im angry lol)

Have a great day/night everyone…… 😔🫶🏻

So I was diagnosed with ADHD a few months ago at 37 years old. My provider started me on Vyvanse but it was elevating my BP so we switched to Straterra in mid feb. I was doing ok but recently developed super high HR and BP and headaches. My provider encouraged me to stop so I haven’t taken a dose since Monday night (5 days now) but my BP and HR is still high. Is this normal? How long does it typically take for the medications to be out of your system 100%? Has anyone had these side effects and effectively brought their vitals back down after stopping the meds?