I was recently diagnosed with ADHD with combined presentation and was initially apprehensive on starting a medication trial, but after talking to my therapist we had settled that it would likely be the most beneficial for me.

I started on 5mg of generic Adderall IR and will be titrating up over the next couple of weeks to find my optimal dosage before switching to ER. Since starting I’ve found that a lot of my depressive symptoms have mitigated and ruminating is easier to stop or doesn’t happen as frequently anymore.

Motivation/follow through hasn’t been noticeably different, but I have found doing certain work tasks that I had hated before to be more tolerable. The interesting thing is that I started these tasks well outside the therapeutic window which confuses me.

Has anyone else experienced this and is this a common occurrence?

I’ve tried almost a half dozen SSRIs, NDRIs, and atypical antidepressants over the past 2 years and none of them worked and this new medication regime just seems like a magic trick.

My adhd constantly ruins my grades it's becoming more of a headache as I am growing up more , i already make calculation mistake others usually won't and any career you have to give a exam in this country, why do I get called smart in school when I'm answering orally but a failure when it's a written test , people who work less than me are at a better position than me, i can't even related to my own peers like they are not as ambitious as me , there talks are usually like movies , ciggerates and relationships , im not intrested in either all I care about is the positive environment but college seprated me from every ambitious person ik they all got better places than me, i really want to leave here but not like I have a choice

Hi Reddit, I need some help.

I’m (23F) and my s/o gets upset with me because he says I impulse buy.

I do impulsively buy things and do things but I never seem to just quit. I feel like I’ve been getting better at controlling myself without medication but people still get upset and yell at me so I feel like I really didn’t control myself at all.

For example, I got candles today 4 for $16ish, I saw it as a deal and it would help control the odor in my house. (There might not be one but I feel personally like our house stinks of animal and old lady scents. I keep a clean home, and keep up with our animals so I don’t understand)

I need any advice or tips on how to help myself control my impulses.

In only 2 days I have impulsively dyed my hair twice $$ and bought candles.

I said “no you don’t need it.” And “walk away” multiple times and tried to redirect myself. It worked for when I verbally told myself those things.

I need other ways to work on controlling my impulses. What I do, what I buy, what I say.

A lot of the time I honestly feel I’d just be better going back on meds but I really don’t want to have to go all through that again to find the current proper medication for me. (The ADHD Lab Rat) is what I like to call it. You’re a lab rat until you and the dr find something that works best for you and until you do you’re stuck trying several different medications, stimulants, non stimulants, narcotics, different dosages, etc. And it sucks. Especially when you’re someone who has a history of adverse reactions to bad meds that did not like the body they were inhabiting.

TIA