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I'm also on Concerta, taking 45mg. I started at 27 which was too low for me and went up to 54 which was too high; so we came down to 45 which seems to be a Gold

by adamwk 4y ago

I'm also on Concerta, taking 45mg. I started at 27 which was too low for me and went up to 54 which was too high; so we came down to 45 which seems to be a Goldie locks for me (they don't make a 45mg pill so I take an 18 and a 27). I also take 150mg Wellbutrin for depression and balance it all off with a nightly 300mg of Gabapentin to help me sleep (coincidentally my cat is prescribed the same amount of gaba to take before the vet because she's a terror on her check ups). This is all is relatively new for me (got diagnosed this year after being misdiagnosed with depression for a very long time) and it's working out OK. One thing I'm still struggling with is break days. They seem to supercharge my (inattentive) ADHD, and I'm kind of dead all day long; maybe there's still room for adjustment and I go back to 36mg Concerta.

intermerda 4y ago
Your experience is so close to mine! I’m on 15 mg Adderall XR - Tried 20 but it was too much. I’ll sometimes take 10 mg short release as well. 500 mg Gabapentin (100 mg for cat), and 150 mg Prozac.
rtpg 4y ago
TBH given that part of my ADHD treatment is about social aspects, break days have never really seemed like a good idea to me. Everyone is different of course but executive function is nice to have off the clock as well IMO.
- TeMPOraL 4y ago
  Yeah, while I get the idea of break days, I honestly prefer to take them during work week instead of weekends, because it kind of makes no sense to shortcharge yourself on the time you have for your family and for actually moving your life forward. I imagine the "weekend break", like a lot of ADHD advice, comes from treatment of children and teenagers, which - for better or worse - tends to focus on school performance, to the exclusion of all else. I mean, every now and then I see an adult ADHD article talking about med breaks and mentioning both weekend breaks and summer vacation breaks. It's kind of a tell.

by adamwk 4y ago

intermerda 4y ago

Your experience is so close to mine! I’m on 15 mg Adderall XR - Tried 20 but it was too much. I’ll sometimes take 10 mg short release as well. 500 mg Gabapentin (100 mg for cat), and 150 mg Prozac.

rtpg 4y ago

TBH given that part of my ADHD treatment is about social aspects, break days have never really seemed like a good idea to me. Everyone is different of course but executive function is nice to have off the clock as well IMO.

TeMPOraL 4y ago
Yeah, while I get the idea of break days, I honestly prefer to take them during work week instead of weekends, because it kind of makes no sense to shortcharge yourself on the time you have for your family and for actually moving your life forward. I imagine the "weekend break", like a lot of ADHD advice, comes from treatment of children and teenagers, which - for better or worse - tends to focus on school performance, to the exclusion of all else. I mean, every now and then I see an adult ADHD article talking about med breaks and mentioning both weekend breaks and summer vacation breaks. It's kind of a tell.