I just got prescribed Adderall!

ADHD@lemmy.world – 66 points – 1 years ago

My psych is letting me try ADHD meds without getting neuropsych testing after all, which is great because that shit's expensive. Wish me luck getting it filled with the shortage and everything. I really hope it helps! I'm tired of being overwhelmed all the time and unable to focus on what I want to focus on.

Update: Day one on Adderall 10mg - It's a little too early to tell, but it might feel a little bit easier to focus on stuff. I don't feel "wired" or anything, and I'm still getting hungry as usual. My heart might be beating a little faster, which I was told to expect.

Pharmacist here with a couple suggestions to make your life easier.

ask your MD to give you your rx as a hard copy. Electronic prescriptions may not be transferable depending on state regulations. With a hard copy you can call arround to several local pharmacies to find one that has your dose in stock and then physically take the rx to them instead of asking your MD to send over a new electronic rx.
look into genetic testing. Genesight has income based costs that max out at $350 and will save you months to years of trial and error trying to find a med that works for you.

Yo can you elaborate on that second point please?

The genesight test specifically test for how your body would metabolize depression/anxiety and ADHD meds.

For example, if you are a poor metabolize of a drug, you would be more likely to have side effects. And if you are a hyper metabolize you wouldn't respond as well to normal doses as you would break down and clear the drug faster that the average person.

Both of these issues would eventually show up through trial and error with dose adjustment over the corse of a year or so, however with the genetic testing you can get that information in a couple of weeks and avoid a lot of the back and forth with does and drug changes.

That sounds amazing.

Is genetic testing just snake oil or does it actually work?

According to Dr Russell Barkley, there are genetic tests that can really help identify which drugs you are likely to respond to.

Congrats! Don't forget to eat!

Oof this one hit hard.

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Just don't forget where you've been getting your motivation from up to this point. It only gives you the energy to get those things accomplished, not the motivation to want to do them.

I would say it (significantly) helps, indirectly, with motivation because you know that with the medication the task itself will be vastly less exhausting to complete.

Yep! I've been taking ADHD meds for a month (?) now and I get that.

I feel like it gives me just enough willpower to get things started, after that I just feel like I forget why I didn't even want to do whatever task I'm doing and just go with it.

Brain is funneh

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I mean for me motivation is heavily influenced by my energy level.