Fearing the moment the Elvanse kicks in. I have not slept today yet, it's 7:49am, I'm not tired either (yet) but definitely more tired than other days. Separating the Elvanse from Symtuza has been a TOTAL success.

I might end up awake 36 hours by accident, in which case, not a major issue really, just take doxilamine at night and problem solved.

What matters is the SUCCESS that at 5am I still had the physical stamina to go to the gym. Something that has been gone for weeks.

Now I just need to use going back to it, to try to move around my daily chores until I can recover a normal ....

#ADHD #Elvanse #Vyvanse #Interactions

#adhd #executivefunction #sexism #misogyny #feminism #neurodivergent

See, with a public prescription. Same 83 euros. This is unsustainable.

I can't fathom why they have such hold over the patent. There are three lisdex generics ready to market in Spain.

Yet...here we are.

#ADHD

tonight I am doing my best
so are you

I don't feel good. Anxiety, deep down below my language and thinking. It is hijacking my CNS.

If you feel alone tonight; maybe not sure about where you're going and why you're here -- me too.

I know it feels awful. But I got you. We will get through this.

#adhd #anxiety

Also i don't pay 11€ for my statins either. I think I know now what she means

I pay 9.52 - 5.71 = 3.81€ for the statins. On this other PDF, I can see the math done.

I've got the Elvanse on the public system but NOT covered, so the same 83€. She told me she's doing it so I have a backup in case something happens with the private prescription (nice).

But she was pretty clear, if I want it to be 33€ I have to go through tritation YET again.

Moral of the story: I need to increase my income.

83€ a month on top of the exhorbitant amounts I spend on all of the supplements to remain functional despite Symtuza. Too much.

#ADHD

FUCK ME DEEPLY!!!

News from the GP, who just rang me (on a 24th of December!!!) after I talked with her yesterday and I left her puzzled as she's never prescribed before Elvanse. She asked me to send her my PDF diagnosis and valid prescriptions of Elvanse so she could figure it out.

She says:
1. She can prescribe it (good, although confussing) in fact I can see it already on my public healthcare thingy.
2. BUT, the public purse DOES NOT cover its costs at all. The only way for that to happen is to go through tritation again starting from Medikinet with a psychiatrist.

O_o

1/ 🧵

#ADHD #Spain

@actuallyadhd

Elvanse helps me SO MUCH at deciphering quickly why I feel how I feel, that makes me notice patterns a lot quicker.

I knew Christmas was a splurging cash party, but I didn't notice until know THIS MUCH how (and I mean this VERY seriously) the transition from cold to freezing is used to sell a lot more stuff.

You can't go out, going out
|> you can experiencing stuff
|> you do more stuff at home
|> that stuff requires books or more streaming subscriptions or music purchases.
|> bigger TV, better audiophile headphones, books, trying someone else than Spotify
|> your laptop suddenly stops working fine.

#ADHD

@actuallyadhd does any of you take the Elvanse BEFORE going to bed at night? Please only those who do reply.

Doesn't it alter your sleep at all?

#ADHD #Elvanse

Hmm interesting.

Everything is fine but BUT there's now even less appetite from my doctor to ever change my meds.

There's a known interaction between Symtuza and Elvanse but what it means is that I'm using a lower dosage of Elvanse thanks to Symtuza. Cobicistat enhances the effects of most meds I ever take. Since I started the ADHD treatment on Symtuza already that means my dosage of Elvanse is the correct one for someone taking Symtuza.

If I weren't taking Symtuza I'd probably need 70mg or more. So she said, nope, now even less reasons to change if you feel fine with that.

#ADHD #HIV

Too many blogs full of too many tips on managing To Do lists are unhelpful and overwhelming.

They make me To Don’t.

What’s a good tip you actually use for task management?

@autistics @actuallyadhd

#adhd #audhd #neurodivergent

This is your reminder to cancel all those subscriptions you signed up for on sale at the end of 2024 that are about to renew at full price next week.

#adhd

This is your reminder to cancel all those subscriptions you signed up for on sale at the end of 2024 that are about to renew at full price next week.

#adhd

50mg elvanse kicks a lot A LOT stronger after just 1 day off.

I could use this to go to the gym in the inbetween day, the problem is simple:

Even that day, I still feel too physically exhausted when I wake up to be able to drag my body to the gym.

But that's Elvanse induced physical exhaustion. It's a DRUG after all.

#ADHD #Pragmatism #FindWhatWorksForYOU

The trick might end up being alternating a day of 50mg Elvanse with a day without it because I'm pretty sure I've managed to make the effects of a single pill last MORE than a day and there lies the issue.

I took none yesterday, I felt slightly more ADHD me, but still very Elvanse-ish.

(before you ask, consistent L-tyrosine supplementation + a SAD light I only turn from time to time is the answer)

#ADHD #Meds

Unmedicated me (so today since I'm sick and tired of sleeping so little my brain is fine but my body can't walk to the gym) has the inner emotional life of ten people.

That can be both a power and a burden. I still think I can do far more with ADHD CBT than medication.

I know how to harness it otherwise I wouldn't be doing it everyday in the morning WHEN unmedicated. What I haven't learnt (and is the reason I do take meds) is how to harness it without exhausting my mind.

The thing that works for that is LDX, but in exchange my body wakes up exhausted.

@actuallyadhd

#ADHD