[mjnottelinu]

How a particular drug affects you may not be the best indicator of whether or not you have ADHD. Your symptoms sound familiar to me…but I also have issues with depression and anxiety, which could conceivably limit the ability to concentrate. For me, it’s been a lifelong inability to focus when I want, unless having a truly great time – then the inability to stop focusing on that thing – trouble with switching gears, going from one task to another, one place to another. One of my classics is to put something down and forget where I put it, and run around the house like a nut looking for something I literally had in my hand TWO MINUTES AGO AND NOW I CAN’T FIND IT…oh, but wait, it’s still in my hand. Things like that. Not making progress on a project unless there is a looming deadline. Wasting hours goofing around on the internet without realizing it, sort of like what I’m doing right now. Fluttering from one activity to another like a butterfly going from one random flower to another. This is good for creativity, but bad for organizing and executing long-term plans. Being the first person to know if a garbage can tips over in an alleyway four blocks from my house. Not remembering anyone’s name, ever, unless I see it in writing. Not remembering that I went to a movie, or who I went with. On the plus side, I can see the same movie more than once and still enjoy it.

This sounds a lot like me. I also suffer from extreme anxiety as well as depression. I really think that taking a stimulant like adderall is not working for me, after 3 weeks of taking it. At first it was super increasing my anxiety, and while that has subsided a little, I am still not able to focus. I’m also experiencing an increase of my facial tick and continue to feel my heart beating hard and fast. The only benefit I’m seeing from this med is the appetite suppressant. That’s been nice, haha, though that effect has subsided a little.

But ya, overall, I’m definitely thinking adderall is not for me, but I worry whether any medication will be right. I have my follow up appointment next week, so I’ll be discussing it with my NP.

Thank you everyone who has commented so far! It’s good to hear different perspectives, and I’ll keep ya’ll updated on what happens next.

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[mjnottelinu]

Thanks for your insight! 😀

I only take it two times a day, though.If I took it 3 times a day, I think I would never sleep! I’m already having insomnia problems with just the 2 times a day. I’ve been taking the weekends to take a break from the pills so I can actually get some sleep.

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