ADHD meds, inconsistencies and changes
Good morning everybody! First post in here but I’ve been diagnosed with ADHD since I was in the first grade, I am 30 now. From first grade until about fourth grade I went through More medication than I could even care to admit. Mom and dad were trying to find the perfect pill. Honestly I feel like it really messed up my brain and has made medication pretty difficult to work with. I started refusing to take my medication around the midway through third grade and completely cut it out cold Turkey. Spent the next 11 years “managing “ My symptoms and learning how to override when necessary. Unfortunately somewhere around 2020 it started getting more difficult to manage and my wife (now ex), Started getting on my case and telling me that she couldn’t handle being around me when my symptoms got more severe and practically bullied me into getting reassessed so I got diagnosed with ADHD at 23. Paid the money to do the genetic screening so I didn’t have to do a bunch of trial and error medication And ended up on Adderall. It worked OK for a little while but I definitely lost all my passion for my activities and artistic drive; in hindsight It might’ve been because of my antidepressant as well. We got divorced, I got off my medication because I lost my insurance and fast-forward to about A year ago and I’m losing control of my ADHD and even my “overriding tools” Aren’t working as well as they should and so I desperately jump back into medication again. I’ve been on Adderall for about six months and I feel more manic and generally in a more nasty/irritable mood. I started talking with a psychiatrist again To deal with the ADHD and the anxiety and depression, and this morning after some additional trial and error, he decided we needed to try Vyvanse. I don’t know too much about it and I’m honestly pretty anxious to try a new medication again but I was curious if anybody had had any similar experiences especially when it comes to struggling to manage conditions? Sorry for the long rambling post, doing the best I can with the tools I have at my disposal
@StultusTheClever
It's my belief that psychiatry without psychology will always have less effective results. I don't think you say whether you have had any therapy or coaching or have consulted support groups for your condition. But these are things you may like to consider.