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Medication lasting 8h, not 3 or 14? (feddit.org)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/adhd

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Hey, first day with Elvanse!

Was pretty crazy, and tbh 30mg are also too much for me. I find it crazy that this is the standard dose people get.

I had 110+ BPM (If my Mi Band 8 is reliable), slight nausea, 0% appetite etc.

I used Modafinil before to cope with my (then unknown) ADHD and there I took ¼ pill, so also really little.

I prefer to be in control, and this was a lot!

The pills are not delayed (retarded??) and a possible consumption way is powdering over a Joghurt etc.

So I will firstly just try 10mg, maybe 15 or 20. I have a pretty good body awareness, that should be enough.

But still, that stuff lasts 14h+ ! That is intense, longer than a lot of other drugs, even LSD.

This also means that my evening today was kinda gone, because I was so exhausted, like in my brain, a pretty strange feeling.

The alternative, Medikinet, lasts 2-3h which is kind of a joke.

Is there something that lasts 8h? A whole work day would be way better.

Why are 3 comments deleted?

I didnt find anything in the modlog, while my other post was removed as it links to Mastodon.

I find this pretty bad, because deduplicating writing effort is not sustainable

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Interesting! That is an atypical treatment, isnt it? It is a norepinephrine-reuptake-inhibitor, unlike others that act on Dopamine.

Why did you get this instead of the typically associated meds?

It could be interesting to switch (for people that really cant take pauses) between this and Amphetamines (acting on Dopamine) to avoid a tolerance.

Another person told me Adderal would last equally long, while that works on Dopamine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It's commonly prescribed for ADHD, my doctor wanted to try non-stimulant based meds first because of my extensive history of substance abuse and also because of my diagnosis with anxiety and PTSD.

It's worked pretty great for me so far.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Interesting!

Anxiety is caused by Dopamine? I am not sure here, but would expect it to be bound to low Serotonine and high Adrenaline and Noradrenaline (aka. Norepinephrine).

Noradrenaline (aka. Norepinphrine) causes alertness and is associated with the "fight of flight response".

I have no idea why somebody would prescribe something for a person with 1. ADHD and 2. Anxiety issues.

But I assume the person may know better.

ADHD, to my knowledge, is mostly an issue of overactive pumps removing Dopamine from the synapse slit too quickly.

I used drinking Coffee, or Modafinil (which afaik also works on noradrenaline) as a substitute which tbh is pretty bad. I have the feeling that Amphetamines are better.

But I will have to see under exactly the same conditions. For example on Modafinil I could spend a day hyperactively doing random shit I shouldnt do. This might as well happen with Amphetamines, I will have to see that.