I accidentally replied to the comment directly above this, then deleted it. Yup, I have ADHD. Anyways, here is what I said above:
Just commenting on your ways to cope with ADHD. I hate my Adderall, makes me feel like a robot and I get crabby at people for trying to be nice or social with me. I think meditation is an excellent choice. As far as alarms go, my Google calendar is decked out with all of my important deadlines with alarms set to go off. My real preference for treating my ADHD is marijuana. If I smoke just enough of a strong sativa, it helps me level off and allows me to actually focus on one thing. Problem with this is that I have a very very high tolerance, so I don't get very loopy or silly from smoking a few hits. A lot of people get absolutely silly from a little marijuana though, so I could see this method being awful for some people. Figured I'd put in my 2 cents.
Background: my family is rampant with learning disabilities and I have been prescribed to take approx 70mg of amphetamine daily for the last 10 years. Gf is a psychologist and says I have the worst ADHD she has ever seen.
Edit: in true ADHD fashion, I was so absorbed in this thread that I am now late for a med check up at my Dr office for my Adderall.
Hey there! I don't tolerate Ritalin, Adderall, or Concerta, without nasty side effects. But, I have found incredible success with Vyvanse. My god, the difference on the Vyvanse and off couldn't be more stark for me.
Give it a look. If marijuana helps to tamp down some of the problems, I think you might have success with it. I also take a low dose (150 mg) of wellbutrin. The combination of the 40mg Vyvanse and 150mg Wellbutrin is by far the most successful treatment I have found for my ADD in 30 years of medications.
Ironically enough I used to take Vyvanse (70mg) and Wellbutrin (150mg) daily for about 3 years. I like how Vyvanse affects me more, but the side effects were awful. I'd get about 45min of sleep a day and have hardly any food. I was like 6 foot 3 and 150lbs so it wasn't cutting it for me. Love my Wellbutrin though! Plus, as I stated somewhere else here, my insurance is awful and a bottle of 30 70mg Vyvanse cost me about $340.
Fully understandable. I am a larger guy, so the calorie reduction is a good thing in my case. 6' , 300lbs @ 40mg. I did notice a sensitivity to increasing dosages. And yeah, the Vyvanse is really fucking expensive. With the discount program, I pay $40 a month, but who knows when that will run out.
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u/[deleted] May 30 '17 edited May 30 '17
I accidentally replied to the comment directly above this, then deleted it. Yup, I have ADHD. Anyways, here is what I said above:
Just commenting on your ways to cope with ADHD. I hate my Adderall, makes me feel like a robot and I get crabby at people for trying to be nice or social with me. I think meditation is an excellent choice. As far as alarms go, my Google calendar is decked out with all of my important deadlines with alarms set to go off. My real preference for treating my ADHD is marijuana. If I smoke just enough of a strong sativa, it helps me level off and allows me to actually focus on one thing. Problem with this is that I have a very very high tolerance, so I don't get very loopy or silly from smoking a few hits. A lot of people get absolutely silly from a little marijuana though, so I could see this method being awful for some people. Figured I'd put in my 2 cents.
Background: my family is rampant with learning disabilities and I have been prescribed to take approx 70mg of amphetamine daily for the last 10 years. Gf is a psychologist and says I have the worst ADHD she has ever seen.
Edit: in true ADHD fashion, I was so absorbed in this thread that I am now late for a med check up at my Dr office for my Adderall.