So, I’ve got some important stuff to do and I took my #Elvanse (#Lisdexamfetamine) to get the energy boost to actually do it.
As a result I am now using #AI to generate #songs from @UncleDuke1969 posts instead. 🙄
Listen to ‘Surprisingly Alive’ here: https://cdn.musegen.ai/music/1772701077505_29d4a5db8ee744a29abac5d8ebfbba00.mp3
Based upon: https://universeodon.com/@UncleDuke1969/116125632863469280
(Maybe someone could write a bot to do that, because Uncle Duke’s songs are amazing!)
@nile
Sehr großes Fragezeichen zur ärztlichen Kompetenz. Bitte gib nicht auf, wenn es zu heftig ist. Das Herzrasen am Anfang (bei mir etwa 1 Woche) ist "üblich", sagt noch nichts über die richtige Dosis aus. Wenn die Dosis zu hoch ist, bist du irgendwie drüber: alles ist superhell, klar und als ob du durch eine zu starke Brille guckst.
Schreib alles genau auf und mach auch mal einen oder zwei Tage Pause. Und beobachte die Wirkungszeit.
Und frag gern.
@schenklklopfer @hauchvonstaub
Was ich an Elvanse mag, ist die Fokussiertheit und innere relative Ruhe.
Was ich daran nicht mag, ist diese innere Wachheit/Herzpulslebendigkeit wie nach drei Espressi, ein latentes Drüber-Sein.
Gibts bei der richtigen Dosis ersteres ohne das zweite? Geht das zweite womöglich weg?
(Ich bin aktuell bei 8 mg und suche noch die richtige Dosis.)
Had follow-up with ADHD med provider earlier today. Went very positively.
Sticking with split dose of lisdexamfetamine (Elvanse) at 40 mg then 20 mg (~2 hours apart) daily.
Increasing guanfacine (Intuniv) dose from 4 mg to 5 mg nightly.
The imbalanced lisdex dose is helping more with giving us more of a morning boost, whilst letting us wind down faster in the evenings.
The guanfacine is continuing to help with RSD and baseline anxiety. Also counteracts the increased heart rate and blood pressure of the lisdex.
The meds aren't a miracle fix for everything AuDHD related, but they make it possible to function during continued burnout... and that's saying something.
#ADHD #AuDHD #lisdexamfetamine #Elvanse #guanfacine #Intuniv #neurodivergent #neurospicy #neurodivergence #neurospiciness #AuDHDBurnout
We've been on a split dose of lisdexamfetamine (Elvanse) daily for a while now. This has involved 2 x 30 mg doses, typically between 90 to 120 mins apart.
As of today, at our request, we're trialling a split dose where we start with 40 mg, then follow that with 20 mg within the same approximate time window.
The hope is that this will help give us a little bit more of a quicker boost to focus in the morning, whilst giving us a bit more of a drop-off in the evening.
We're also still on guanfacine prolonged release (Intuniv) nightly alongside the lisdexamfetamine, which has honestly been fantastic for us as an AuDHD entity with intense anxiety and RSD. We're currently on 4 mg of this night, but hoping to increase it to 5 mg soon.
Based on our own research and experience, somewhere between 4 and 6 mg should be ideal. 5 or 6 mg will likely be the sweet spot.
Per previous posts we've done, it took a lot of persuasion and self-advocation to convince our UK ADHD healthcare provider to even let us have a split dose of lisdexamfetamine, let alone convincing them to prescribe a combo of complementary meds, since both are unlicensed (aka off-label).
If you want to do the same, we recommend preparing links to articles or resources showing:
You should be prepared to:
If you're asking for a combination with guanfacine, you may need to traumadump / mental-health-dump (after asking for consent) in order to persuade them to trial the meds.
It's not easy, and you'll need to be as kind as possible at all times to get them on your side, but it is possible to get what you need if you get an empathetic and caring clinician.
The above might sound manipulative, but this is what self-advocation can look like sometimes. It's a mixture of letting the mask slip a bit to be emotionally honest, employing rhetorical techniques, and being kind and polite at all times.
It's not easy, even if you're good at all of those things.
You can always request permission for an advocate on any calls or appointments with you to help.
#ADHD #AuDHD #lisdexamfetamine #guanfacine #Elvanse #Intuniv #neurodivergent #neurospicy #neurodivergence #neurospiciness #SplitDose #ComboMeds #MentalHealth #anxiety #RSD #RejectionSensitiveDysphoria
Ich will heute nur noch zwei Dinge – und dann muss ich mich hinlegen. Bin so erschöpft von den letzten wenig erholsamen Nächten.
1.) Therapietagebuchschreiben und 2.) bei den #Zitatgeschichten weiterbloggen.
Zu erstem: Meine ADHS-Ärztin hat eine genaue Anamnese durchgeführt, was die von mir als nicht mehr groß fühlbare Wirkung meines MPH betrifft und nun werden wir demnächst mit Elvanse weitergehen, also testen, ob es für mich funktioniert.
proedie
Sofasophia
Nile
SleepyCatten
zeitiger / David 