Ritalin made me feel miserable and paranoid
It was the opposite effect on me. Have you tried crescenta?
Lol, are you recommending it because it’s the opposite of what you were on?
Ritalin has been working well for me. But I have heard good things about concerta.
I tried equasym, which from what i understand is similar to concerta, but i didn’t feel any positive difference and sometimes it made me irritable
I feel irritated during the come down. It’s intense depending on the meds. The extended release pills helps with the intense come down.
I usually felt better after the come down, weirdly. It makes me think like my diagnosis was wrong or that maybe my issues lie elsewhere
I do have an ADHD diagnosis but the last time they tried to put me on meds I was a nervous wreck and always crying, but really i’m not sure if that was the meds or other problems i was having at that time
My partner got on meds and then it was like the floodgates of mental health opened, lots of other stuff surfaced but they got through it with therapy.
Ps. They also got some mood regulators ontop of the adhd meds and that helped too
A lot of us have spent our lives masking and suppressing other issues because we were told that all of these issues were due to some kind of inherent badness. “you’re so full of capability, if only you weren’t so fucking lazy” - on repeat, for years, from everyone you love and trust.
It fucks you up. And when you realize that if literally anyone in your life had taken a step back and helped you get the actual tools you needed (often medication, and occupational therapy) you get so sad and angry at all the waste and internalized self-hatred.
I wasn’t diagnosed until after I’d flamed out my first couple semesters at college. First time I took medication after being diagnosed I cried. It’s taken more than a decade of therapy to undo most of the damage.
You’re a plant, and capitalism is a great fire. By pulling yourself up by the roots, you’re exposing yourself to the great fire, instead of hiding in the dark underground.
This comic is cute, but I don’t want people to set the wrong expectations for adhd medication. For everyone across the board, it doesn’t work like a stimulant, as in make you faster, but quiets you down and allows you to focus. But you may still be tired or depressed. In short, it’s not a magic pill and you should reflect on the affect it has on you. Some people can take their meds and go to sleep, that’s one way to tell how it affects you.
There’s a good number of ADHD meds that have side effects for anxiety and depression.
They’re not as good as actual anxiety or depression meds, but it’s not nothing.
To my Elvanse has been the best thing. I was in a horrible position mentally before getting my meds. They truly helped my excessive rambling thoughts that always made me feel worse about me, my situation, my history and everything I do and am. Then when I started on the meds they just kinda went away and my ability to kinda think critically and put an effort into feeling better came back.
It was truly a life saver back when I started taking them and even today if I forget to take them two or three days it all blows back on me again.
That’s not necessarily true. Myself, and several other people I know, have definitely experienced a boost from stimulants, just not in the same wired way neurotypical people get. Sometimes it feels like a weight off your shoulders that in a way almost feels stimulating. At the very least more talkative.
Yeah that’s why I didn’t generalize my comment to all people
I think the problem is that people are talking about two different types of “stimulation” here.
I think when you say that it feels “stimulating,” it’s more of a side effect of being able to think clearly and behave like a normal person. As in, the symptoms of your ADHD are inherently related to your anxiety and stress levels (in that it is often the direct cause) and getting rid the ADHD symptoms removes that anxiety.
And as anyone who has ever had intense anxiety can tell you, it can literally feel like a weight lifted off of your shoulders.
Whereas, others are referring to it being “stimulating,” in a different sense. As in the medication, directly, gives them more energy or euphoria (which is why there is a potential for abuse for neuro-typical people). For them, the “lift” and euphoria are directly related to the actions of the chemical, not a side effect of actually addressing a root issue of the anxiety.
Yeah yeah, but do I get to be a dog?
Doesn’t work that way for me. I just look back at the day and realize I was less distracted than usual.
It does not let me like the work I mildly dislike, right?
It makes me go from “oh god i have to do this and aaaaah ok ok i will manage the next step and oh shit i did 3 clicks in a row go me. Ok now again… nah in 2 minutes i need a break <random thought> ok time to focus on random thing for a minute and ohhh godddddddd i don’t wanna go back to being productive” to “meh gotta do this i guess, click click click, ok again, click click click <random thought>, do random thing for a minute, ok continue being productive, click click click…”
Medication gives me a smaller dog, but makes me feel very tired.
if you don’t mind my asking, which meds? i had a friend on a stimulant who described a similar experience to yours, so she switched to a non-stimulant (stratterra) and vastly preferred the effects.
deffo not trying to tell you how to live your life btw! i’ve just run into a lot of folks who for some reason or another have only ever tried like, one or two meds and just figured that’s as good as it gets. our brains can be so whacky different, sometimes it feels like a wonder that any one drug has similar effects on anybody, especially when adhd is in the mix lol
Vyvanse. Strattera makes me feel sick (like, as if I have a cold) and extremely pissed off 24/7. Does absolutely nothing for the ADHD.
have you tried adderall? right now i’m on 15mg extended release.
tbh i took vyvanse recreationally as a teenager and i had an experience much closer to the one depicted in this meme, whereas right now on adderall i’m having something closer to what you described. i’ve been meaning to talk to my doctor about it but i keep putting it off lmao
Adderall works better for a while, then its effectiveness tapers over time. I think I wanna switch back to Adderall though, since I don’t take my medication very often anymore anyways
Unless I see a ball then I gotta chase that down first before I do what I really gotta do
Wow brilliant, this is one of the best explanation for ADHD ever
I do this thing where I look at every meme and ask myself: “does this meme effectively sell a product?”
And if the answer is yes then it’s kind of a shit meme, mate.
Luckily this one is ambiguous because it doesn’t sell a specific product, it just says that OP got some vague treatment.
No need for cynicism here. This meme accurately describes how it feels to be on ADHD medication. It is revolutionary and life-changing. Some people need it. Some people don’t.
I don’t have any treatment, actually
WHAT?!
I need the ADHD meds now. GIMME!!! I WANNA BE DOG!!!
But seriously: I saw someone posting videos of their handwriting and organization and shit before and after Adderall and it was like seeing someone in real life taking the drug from Limitless. I need to try that shit because it might actually help.
I had the exact same reaction and i don’t trust that sentiment, i think i’m just hoping for a singular miracle pill that i can take and it will solve all my issues.
Still thought it was worth a try but even getting an appointment with a psychologist of any kind was tough, so here i am still unmedicated even though i relate to a lot of ADD symptoms
I can add an unfortunate example in the opposite direction: I’ve been having trouble getting my prescription filled so I haven’t had my meds for more than a month
My handwriting has deteriorated observably (my phone is actually having trouble recognizing my swipe-typing gestures, too) and my living space is in shambles. Fuck the DEA.
The DEA needs to be dismantled and have all those tax dollars put to better use.
I take ADD drugs for a central nervous system disorder(they keep me awake) and my Dr is really worried about me not being able to get them since I can’t work without them. I know folks with ADD need them to function too(drs are prescribing my less used medication to replace adderall) so now everyone’s suffering because some douchbags in the DEA decided drs are the enemy.
My drs office just got audited by the DEA so all her patients on stimulants and painkillers had to do urine drug tests.
Sorry for the rant. But seriously, defund the DEA.
Ya, I had a bad reaction to Atoxetmine. Concerta was the same. So each meds acts differently.
Tl;dr: ADHD meds made me a furry, a fast one, fast as heck.
The Fast and Furries
2Fast2Furry
(if you can believe it)
Adhd meds turn you into a Furry confirmed (although, what you you already were one beforehand? Does it cancel out?)
Furry squared
the furrier equation
Furrier transform
Mmmmmmm, furry TF, you say!
fuck that’s what i meant to write, i hate my brain
Furrier transfemation
You’re just a very FOCUSED furry
I hope my kid gets to feel this way someday
If my kid ever feels like this, I am going to be angry, and have a LOT of questions. Mostly in a very pissed off tone.
…I don’t have kids, and the last time someone COULD HAVE potentially gotten pregnant from me and kept it secret would have been 2006. But I’m 99.9% sure I don’t have kids.
So if I found out I have a kid, I would be confuuuuuuused.
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would you… lose your mind?
Steady on there, Genghis.
Yeah this is really hitting home. Looking forward to getting them evaluated
Meds that I tried didn’t help me. Fuck me I guess 🙃
To be fair I have not tried any new meds in many years, so I’m sure there’s new ones I haven’t tried, but I couldn’t afford the appointments or medications anyway…
A lot of it is better delivery mechanisms for dextro-amphetamines.
I’m at my third type of medication and still no difference. At least I’m not absolutely drained as on first one but yet to see a positive impact. Yes, I’m diagnosed.
