Re: Vyvanse – feeling calm with new med

[nellie]

Krazykat, Sugar and Carrie,

As to motivation –

Not sure I’m more motivated per se when it comes to boring stuff but I am able to do them – it’s as if suddenly that awful overwhelming feeling is gone. Not sure how to describe it. Kind of like your brain is being twisted. For example laundry. Used to find it torturous to sort although I didn’t realize it at the time. I just though it was boring but knew I had to do it so eventually had to force myself. Naturally things were always piled sky high! THen when I started taking meds one day realized I was just flying through the job without that awful feeling like I was doing advanced calculus ( well ok not if you like math) or something instead of simple sorting of clothes! It was a big deal and think that was the first time I decided meds were working! Most tasks are like that now but I don’t exactly wake up in the morning looking forward to doing laundry and want to open a laundromat either! I have to schedule stuff to make sure I do it. I think the meds help with initiative in the sense that I can direct my thoughts better better because it;s like there’s a filter for all the other stuff that normally distracts me.I think the self starting skills need to be learned though so for a child this might be where practice comes in.

Well day 11 on Vyvanse and I can definitely see a difference.

The first indicator was that I t decided to try the day without meds. First I dilly dallied around and eventually found myself staring at the shelf in my closet getting distracted by all the colours and had a hard time picking a t-shirt. Couldn’t believe it ! So promptly went to take my pill!

I was able to stay on track despite my day being pretty well derailed due to a car problem. And turns most of the pain of the uti was a result of major PMS ( 2 weeks early) so am feeling much better today. I drank loads of cranberry juice and water yesterday and mostly vegged on the couch, so hoping this will maybe go away on its own.

Only now ironically it looks like my cat has a uti and I was supposed to take her to the kennel tomorrow because we’re going away, so instead of going to the clinic for myself guess I have to work in a trip to the vet into my schedule instead! Now normally I would be stressing at the thought of all this but instead I’m feeling pretty calm and just visualizing what I have to do. Actually got my suitcase packed today as well without too much of a hassle. Packing normally involved lots of lists and this time did it with a minimum of pre-packing project planning. Although, logically I shouldn’t really be so laid back since I have a nice long list of stuff I procrastinated on that I now have to do in the morning!

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