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Diagnosed at 25, started Vyvanse right away. My ADHD is similar to what you describe, and the medication has helped with the mandatory chores of day to day life
by jereees 4y ago
Diagnosed at 25, started Vyvanse right away. My ADHD is similar to what you describe, and the medication has helped with the mandatory chores of day to day life. If anything it has the effect of feeling that nothing is “too hard” for me and that I am not “too dumb to learn or do X”.
Side effects are light to moderately sever headache if I don’t drink enough water, IBM, high blood pressure and a pinch of insomnia.
It’s all worth it.
- zrail 4y ago> If anything it has the effect of feeling that nothing is “too hard” for me and that I am not “too dumb to learn or do X”. This is a good way to put it. Prior to starting medication (vyvanse specifically, although I tried concerta) initiating a task or trying to learn something was, most of the time, "too hard" so I spun my wheels doing random stuff and occasionally doing just enough work to keep myself employed. Now, nothing is "too hard" because it's possible for me to get over the activation barrier and start doing the thing.
- sph 4y agoWeird, my BP and HR lowered on lisdexamfetamine, and I sleep like a baby. It's true meds affect people in different ways.
- jereees 4y agoIBS*