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> Is it fair to say that stimulants having a significant impact is an indicator for having ADHD? Honestly I'd say it's the opposite. Stimulants barely touch th

by corobo 4y ago

> Is it fair to say that stimulants having a significant impact is an indicator for having ADHD? Honestly I'd say it's the opposite. Stimulants barely touch the sides with me, even the non-prescribed types a younger version of me may or may not have dabbled in were pretty ineffective.

luckylion 4y ago
They don't work for you, I take it? I had read about how stimulants don't do much for the average person and that much of it is placebo. I know they do a lot for me -- well, Modafinil/Armodafinil does, I haven't tried any other because I'm so happy with these. I feel lucky I have something that works, I don't mind not having a diagnosis. It'd make sourcing them easier and free, but at $2 a pill and with the multiplier effect it has on my productivity, that doesn't even register. I hope you've found other ways to improve your experience.
- corobo 4y ago
  I had thought the dosage I'm on was working and then I lost a freelance client after slipping too far behind schedule. Decent pay it was as well, cleared a bunch of the debt I'm lugging around. ADHD tax haha, it is what it is. Waiting on an appointment to review the meds
  - luckylion 4y ago
    That sucks, hopefully you'll find some that work better. It used to be kind of like that for me, though me feeling guilty to let people down usually made me fight to barely make it. It's day and night now, I just sit down in the morning and get to work. It helps that they let me hunt squirrels as long as I make enough progress on the main topics, but even things where the work is super boring you just need to put the hours in is now just "okay, works for me" where it would have been a week of agonizing start, work 30 minutes, pause for 3 hours. I've been more productive in the past two years than I have been in the ten years before that.
    - balfirevic 4y ago
      Are you worried about tolerance, taking modafinil regularly?
      - luckylion 4y ago
        I was in the beginning and did it only once or twice a week. At some point I tested taking it daily and found that it didn't lose its effect. I've since switched to Armodafinil and have been taking it daily for the past 30 months or so. I'm getting a check up every year and my doctor says I'm fine (well, as fine as a fat guy can be). The only side-effect is that I feel like I perceive lights and noises as annoying at a lower threshold. I've had that before as well so I'm pretty used to blacking out any LEDs, but it seems to have been increased. Don't know whether that would lessen if I took a break because I haven't for more than a few days.
        balfirevic 4y ago
        Thanks for the detailed answer. Good luck with it continuing to work as it does! May I ask about the dosage?
        luckylion 4y ago
        Thanks, I hope so, I really don't want to go back :( I'm taking 150mg (currently Waklert, but they're all generics) a day, right after getting up.
LocalPCGuy 4y ago
This is the same so far for me - even mild stimulants like caffeine (I know, it's a different underlying chemical process) have less effect - I could drink coffee right before bed without much/any issue. And still trying to find a stimulant that helps with ADHD myself (only on my 2nd one (Ritalin, Adderall), and pretty mild doses so far). But that is also pretty common for me - I've always had fairly high drug resistance, as it were (need higher doses to feel any affect), so I don't know if that is at all specific to ADHD and those medications.

by corobo 4y ago

luckylion 4y ago

They don't work for you, I take it? I had read about how stimulants don't do much for the average person and that much of it is placebo. I know they do a lot for me -- well, Modafinil/Armodafinil does, I haven't tried any other because I'm so happy with these. I feel lucky I have something that works, I don't mind not having a diagnosis. It'd make sourcing them easier and free, but at $2 a pill and with the multiplier effect it has on my productivity, that doesn't even register. I hope you've found other ways to improve your experience.

corobo 4y ago
I had thought the dosage I'm on was working and then I lost a freelance client after slipping too far behind schedule. Decent pay it was as well, cleared a bunch of the debt I'm lugging around. ADHD tax haha, it is what it is. Waiting on an appointment to review the meds
- luckylion 4y ago
  That sucks, hopefully you'll find some that work better. It used to be kind of like that for me, though me feeling guilty to let people down usually made me fight to barely make it. It's day and night now, I just sit down in the morning and get to work. It helps that they let me hunt squirrels as long as I make enough progress on the main topics, but even things where the work is super boring you just need to put the hours in is now just "okay, works for me" where it would have been a week of agonizing start, work 30 minutes, pause for 3 hours. I've been more productive in the past two years than I have been in the ten years before that.
  - balfirevic 4y ago
    Are you worried about tolerance, taking modafinil regularly?
    - luckylion 4y ago
      I was in the beginning and did it only once or twice a week. At some point I tested taking it daily and found that it didn't lose its effect. I've since switched to Armodafinil and have been taking it daily for the past 30 months or so. I'm getting a check up every year and my doctor says I'm fine (well, as fine as a fat guy can be). The only side-effect is that I feel like I perceive lights and noises as annoying at a lower threshold. I've had that before as well so I'm pretty used to blacking out any LEDs, but it seems to have been increased. Don't know whether that would lessen if I took a break because I haven't for more than a few days.
      - balfirevic 4y ago
        Thanks for the detailed answer. Good luck with it continuing to work as it does! May I ask about the dosage?
        luckylion 4y ago
        Thanks, I hope so, I really don't want to go back :( I'm taking 150mg (currently Waklert, but they're all generics) a day, right after getting up.

LocalPCGuy 4y ago

This is the same so far for me - even mild stimulants like caffeine (I know, it's a different underlying chemical process) have less effect - I could drink coffee right before bed without much/any issue. And still trying to find a stimulant that helps with ADHD myself (only on my 2nd one (Ritalin, Adderall), and pretty mild doses so far). But that is also pretty common for me - I've always had fairly high drug resistance, as it were (need higher doses to feel any affect), so I don't know if that is at all specific to ADHD and those medications.