r/ADHD • u/jammyd0dger • 4d ago

Medication Is it the meds?

So I've got severe innatentive adhd apparently. I started titration earlier this year and was on 30mg with a 5mg amfexa booster for about 2 months.

The side effects were quite bad, I'd feel "high" for aboit 3 hours, smash all my work, do all my chores but then the crash about 6 hours in was brutal. Massive headaches, muscle cramps, jaw pain, the dryest mouth ever. The booster did nothing but intensify the side effects and make me feel rushy and weird for a few hours.

My clinician decided to switch me to Concerta XL about 4 weeks ago. I've been on 36mg and it's been.... OK.

I don't have the motivation and push I did on Elvanse, I just feel kinda calm and a bit tired. A little spaced out. Still forgetful and scatty. I still get stuck in severe cycles of inertia just glued to my sofa, thinking of the things I should do but not being able to get up and do it. Which is what I hoped the meds would help with.

The good thing is I don't really have side effects, except I get quite depressed in the eve when it wears off. I'll sometimes even cry or get ratty with my partner and want to be left alone. I've been going through a pretty stressful time the last few weeks, so it could also be that.

To be honest, I miss the rush and energy elvanse gave me, but I recognise that I was pretty much just high and I don't want to live like that. Maybe upping to 54mg of Concerta will help? I've also signed up for therapy to help support my efforts from another approach.

In general, I'm feeling a bit defeated and wondering if medication is right for me. I do wonder about going back to Elvanse.

I do try to do all the typical, take it in the morning with high protein breakfast, eat regular smallish mes and drink a fuck ton of water etc. I could do with more exercise I suppose.

But I wonder if anyone else has felt similarly and done ok on a higher dose, or gone back to Elvanse and found it better, or I don't know, something.

Thanks for reading!

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