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I recently had to stop taking my vyvanse due to some bad side effects and holy shit I forgot how bad this was. I can't do anything. I have so much shit I need to do but I sit down to do it and it genuinely fills me with dread. I am just staring at my computer. Even getting to the webpage I needed took hours of convincing. This is horrible, even caffeine isn't helping. What do y'all do? How do you manage?

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I have been raw dogging life without meds almost my entire life. There was a 2 year period in high school I did speed, and then when I went to community college my wife shared her meds with me. The other 40ish years have taught me how to deal.

I have alarms for everything throughout my day. I have a routine. I have specific places to put certain things. When I deviate I am screwed.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Same. Lots of systems and a place for everything. EG if I leave the room and want to remember what I was doing when I got back, it'll be the one thing that's out of place and somewhere obvious. Unfortunately, it's easily thrown off by others who forget to put stuff back.

What's your relationship with travel? I struggle to pack up and mobilize so many systems. It's been getting better as I develop travel-specific solutions (like having a dedicated toiletries bag that remains packed).

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

If I travel alone I am okay. I list what I need to take with me. If I travel with my family, I am horrible and yell and scream at every little thing that goes wrong as we are leaving. Once traveling I am fine, it is the leaving that is the issue.