• weeeeum@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I have tried 4 or 5 meds for ADHD and nothing seems to work, or help at all :(

    I’ve just been raw dogging it for my whole life

    Let’s see if Vyvanse is the magic bullet.

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      7 months ago

      Well there’s your problem. You only need 1 medicine. If you eat more than they fight each other in your system and don’t work because they die in battle. 4 or 5 is like a world War.

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        7 months ago

        They likely tried them one after the other… Makes more sense before you assume they just down 4 different meds at the same time. Still possible of course.

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          7 months ago

          I tried one after the other. Tried to give each of them a fair shot, using each for 30 or 60 days.

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      7 months ago

      Concerta is at least making me do the dishes some times, unlike any of the other meds. Might help you.

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        7 months ago

        I am on another form of Methylphenidate (Medikinet CR) and it has not been great.

        Thought I heard that the side effects tend to be better with Concerta than the one I’m on.

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          7 months ago

          Apparently the official Concerta version has some trademarked time-release technology, so it’s a series of small evenly-spaced doses.
          I don’t know what about it is trademarked but it makes it very hard to compete with.

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            7 months ago

            I’ll have to ask my doc about Concerta then, it’s supposed to be available here but apparently pharmacies have a hard time sourcing it :/

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          7 months ago

          It definitely has the least side effects out of any of them for me, which is why I settled for it. It might work for you too.