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What about the medication is torture? I'm not familiar with people's experience with them

by anitil 2y ago

viraptor 2y ago
It's got a lot of very varied side effects. You'll find different people with very different answers, but then again for many it's still a better result than not taking it.
a-saleh 2y ago
Roughly, based on my and other friends with ADHD medication compared to friends that I can't confirm or deny might have sampled from our prescriptions. Ritalin with ADHD: You get tired a.f. to the point of doubting if you got correct medication, because it was supposed to be stimulant but then you realise, that despite the feeling, you can actually just do stuff. You feel calm. You might experience the previously unfathomable "I hate doing this, but it needs to be done, so I might as well", without needing the stars to align, you just do it. After few hours this stops and you actually need to go lay down. Then you spent several months with your doctor getting the dose right, because needing to lie down after 4 hours is annoying Ritalin without ADHD: Feels like super-coffee: more energy, more optimism. But not more focus. Actually, maybe less focus? Might help you zoom around your house doing chores, but not really tackling any sort of deep thinking work. This matches experience of some acquaintance that went to a party, and might have sampled certain crystals, got quiet and tired while and while others were happy and energetic. For both - dosage is tricky, and it is easy to get you to spiral into anxiety. Also, it is not good for your heart.
- RHSman2 2y ago
  Ritalin: ‘holy shit I just did some proper project management and it didn’t take a day of torture’
- anitil 2y ago
  That's interesting, thanks for answering. I hadn't heard people describe the tiredness effect, I had assumed it would be the same as for non-ADHD people.

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What about the medication is torture? I'm not familiar with people's experience with them

by anitil 2y ago

What about the medication is torture? I'm not familiar with people's experience with them

viraptor 2y ago
It's got a lot of very varied side effects. You'll find different people with very different answers, but then again for many it's still a better result than not taking it.
a-saleh 2y ago
Roughly, based on my and other friends with ADHD medication compared to friends that I can't confirm or deny might have sampled from our prescriptions. Ritalin with ADHD: You get tired a.f. to the point of doubting if you got correct medication, because it was supposed to be stimulant but then you realise, that despite the feeling, you can actually just do stuff. You feel calm. You might experience the previously unfathomable "I hate doing this, but it needs to be done, so I might as well", without needing the stars to align, you just do it. After few hours this stops and you actually need to go lay down. Then you spent several months with your doctor getting the dose right, because needing to lie down after 4 hours is annoying Ritalin without ADHD: Feels like super-coffee: more energy, more optimism. But not more focus. Actually, maybe less focus? Might help you zoom around your house doing chores, but not really tackling any sort of deep thinking work. This matches experience of some acquaintance that went to a party, and might have sampled certain crystals, got quiet and tired while and while others were happy and energetic. For both - dosage is tricky, and it is easy to get you to spiral into anxiety. Also, it is not good for your heart.
- RHSman2 2y ago
  Ritalin: ‘holy shit I just did some proper project management and it didn’t take a day of torture’
- anitil 2y ago
  That's interesting, thanks for answering. I hadn't heard people describe the tiredness effect, I had assumed it would be the same as for non-ADHD people.