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Thanks for that post. Now almost a year later, is your medication/dosage/enthusiasm the same? (Looking to see if you'd written a followup, I instead found your

by gojomo 13y ago

Thanks for that post. Now almost a year later, is your medication/dosage/enthusiasm the same? (Looking to see if you'd written a followup, I instead found your 2006 post about Adderall. Of course that's a different drug, but the older post is interesting for both the contrasts and similarities to your later Ritalin assessment.)

ericabiz 13y ago
Wow, I didn't realize it had been almost a year until you said that! Yes, I'm still on Ritalin--in addition, I found out that the night panics I'd been having (which I mentioned in that post as well) are actually sleep apnea. Turns out, when you can't breathe at night, you often wake up in a panic. Who'da thought? :) I normally take 1 Ritalin per day now, instead of the 2 I've been prescribed. Days without it are still less productive than days with it. The biggest change, though, has been understanding how my ADHD ties in to just about everything I do...it was why I couldn't connect with people, why I had trouble getting things done, and why my productivity never seemed to be where I felt like it should be. (The whole "should" thing is a trap in and of itself, but that's a different post for another time.) I vastly prefer Ritalin to Adderall since the Ritalin doesn't give me the "narrow focus" issue I complained about with Adderall in my 2006 post. Ritalin is generally considered to have more mild effects than Adderall, and different people react differently to them.
- tene 13y ago
  Any chance you could explain more about how ADHD interfered with you connecting with people?
  - ericabiz 13y ago
    Sure; I gave a great example in my blog post here: http://www.erica.biz/2012/failure-success/ http://www.erica.biz/2012/failure-success/ Feel free to email me with more specific questions if you like; email is in my profile.

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Thanks for that post. Now almost a year later, is your medication/dosage/enthusiasm the same? (Looking to see if you'd written a followup, I instead found your

by gojomo 13y ago

ericabiz 13y ago
Wow, I didn't realize it had been almost a year until you said that! Yes, I'm still on Ritalin--in addition, I found out that the night panics I'd been having (which I mentioned in that post as well) are actually sleep apnea. Turns out, when you can't breathe at night, you often wake up in a panic. Who'da thought? :) I normally take 1 Ritalin per day now, instead of the 2 I've been prescribed. Days without it are still less productive than days with it. The biggest change, though, has been understanding how my ADHD ties in to just about everything I do...it was why I couldn't connect with people, why I had trouble getting things done, and why my productivity never seemed to be where I felt like it should be. (The whole "should" thing is a trap in and of itself, but that's a different post for another time.) I vastly prefer Ritalin to Adderall since the Ritalin doesn't give me the "narrow focus" issue I complained about with Adderall in my 2006 post. Ritalin is generally considered to have more mild effects than Adderall, and different people react differently to them.
- tene 13y ago
  Any chance you could explain more about how ADHD interfered with you connecting with people?
  - ericabiz 13y ago
    Sure; I gave a great example in my blog post here: http://www.erica.biz/2012/failure-success/ http://www.erica.biz/2012/failure-success/ Feel free to email me with more specific questions if you like; email is in my profile.