Re: Does stressful sustained mental focus burn through the meds more quickly?

[Anonymous]

Ok, here’s my take on it. The meds don’t last for any shorter or longer in your system, but I guess they are like pain killers in that if you have a lot of pain, you get breakthrough pain sooner than if you only have a little bit of pain and take the same dose of pain killers. Also even if you have pain killers on board, you will still feel pain if you stab yourself – meds can only do so much. So maybe you get breakthrough ADHD symptoms if you put more stress on your body. You metabolise the meds at the pretty much the same rate but the meds can only do so much work at any given time and if you are putting your brain under stress then you are probably reaching the medication’s limit. I don’t know what the maximum dex dose is per day, so you’d have to ask your doc about a short acting dose. Sounds like a good idea if the dose is within suitable range. Another thought is that stimulants make your body work a bit harder, like increasing your heart rate, so add mental effort on top of that (on one of your work days) plus more physical effort than a day off, and you have a body that is under more “strain” and will feel the consequences of that sooner than a “relax” day.

I am only guessing though. I am sure that you do metabolise things a bit quicker when active, but I don’t know that it would have such a profound effect on how long the medication lasts. It shouldn’t make hours of difference.

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