Imagine a dopamine factory that has more supply than it needs all of a sudden so it fires a few of the workers as a result. Unfortunately your brain will adjust to this new level of dopamine by reducing normal production. The is the first time you are taking an amphetamine so your brain is getting more dopamine than it ever has. Whatever you do please don’t expect this to be the new normal. Life has finally started for me! I feel like living now! I can sit, analyze and think through! I didn't forgot my keys! I know it's silly but I am just literally crying every time I do something silly like washing the dishes or actually getting up of bed when you have to!!! No paralysis!!! I still have some steps to go, we will start with CBT next month but I am so so happy. I can now focus ONLY in what is happening I'm the moment, no racing thoughts, no anxiety of what to do. I had no side effects the whole day and just felt good! I never felt good in my life so I cried to mourn that! I still had some ADHD lapses but it was like a whole new world opened up for me. I started crying because for the first time in my life everything was quiet inside. I got SO euphoric (I don't mind that it was fake, I love to feel feelings!!!) He told me to open the capsules and since that was too difficult for me, the next day I just decided to venture with 20mg and. We started then in a low dosis of Elvanse (lisdetamphetamine) 10mg. My new psychiatrist then reassured me, of how far I've come without meds, how he was confident on me and the treatment and that we would never drug me up. I thought I was beyond fixing and that I should just accept I was a dumb loser who wouldn't accomplish anything in life. I decided then to switch to an ADHD specialized clinic, which cost me money and had a waiting list but boy, it was worthy! I got appointments with a whole team of specialists that really listened to me and tried to find the best solution.īefore that I was almost giving up on meds and life in general. I was already terrified, so that didn't help! First I didn't felt any difference at all, then suddenly I just got sadder and sadder and ended up having suicidal thoughts. My, then, psychiatrist (which I no longer see) didn't care so much about me and put me on Strattera 20mg. First day I couldn't sleep at all, then when I could everything hurted and I ended up in the ER with severe tachycardia. That was scary and traumatizing because the meds just almost killed me. I was diagnosed in April and my first med was Ritalin (30 mg per day). Now I am in a comfortable position so I decided to get myself the diagnosis and treatment I deserved. After that I just didn't had the financial stability to take care of it. I am 27 and I was late diagnosed with ADHD, I have always struggled since a kid but my parents never got me the care I needed. I have been in this reddit section for a couple of months and after disastrous interactions with ADHD meds now it's finally my time to celebrate!
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